Abstract
Reablement in long-term care for older people is introduced by law in Denmark. Reablement provides a short-term, goal-oriented and multi-disciplinary intervention with the aim of strengthening functional ability in IADL and ADL in community-dwelling older adults. All municipalities must since January 2015 assess the potential for reablement and provide the necessary services. Only if the older person is believed not to have the potential for reablement, is traditional compensatory home help services given. Services are provided by multi-disciplinary teams of social care workers and physio- and occupational therapists, working close together with dieticians, nurses etc. This study presents preliminary results from the first RCT trial of reablement, reporting on changes in quality of life (ASCOT), health related quality of life (EQ-5D), loneliness (UCLA) and physical ability (Barthel) for 540 persons 65+. The study applies a control group design comparing results with persons of the same age receiving traditional compensatory home help.
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