Abstract
Timely detection of frailty and preventive home interventions can allow older people to age well at home. Research indicates that preventive home visits can have a preventive effect on frailty for a well-defined population. The current paper will test the effectiveness and experiences with a consecutive model of preventive home visits: step 1 visit by volunteers, step 2: visit by professionals. Quantitative and qualitative data are collected during preventive home visits performed among 450 community-dwelling older adults living in three cities in Flanders, varying in urbanisation rate (Tienen, Gent and Knokke-Heist). Results point towards the possibilities and constraints of performing preventive home visits by volunteers and develop guidelines and profiles. Second, findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the preventive home visits in terms of “detected cases who are frail but lacked care and support”. Finally, preventive home visits can guide to the most appropriate interventions, taking into account the clients’ preferences.
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