Integrated Emotion‐Oriented Care for Older People With ID: Defining and Understanding Intervention Components of a Person‐Centered Approach

Abstract

An increase in descriptive evidence regarding person-centered approaches for older people with intellectual disability (ID) is important, due to increased life expectancy and the present lack of sufficiently underpinned interventions. This is especially true of interventions designed to increase well-being and quality of life. A specific Dutch example is the Integrated Emotion-Oriented Care approach. Despite its status as a good practice, its effectiveness has not yet been proved, nor has descriptive evidence been made available. The primary aims of this qualitative study are to identify the intervention components, to provide demonstrative illustrations and to gain an in-depth understanding of the use of these components in the day-to-day support of older people with ID. A content analysis of five key documents was carried out. Five semi-structured interviews were then conducted with early adopters, followed by a concept mapping study with daily users. The final stage in the data collection process was a series of five focus-group interviews with experts and experienced support staff. The five intervention components of Integrated Emotion-Oriented Care for older people with ID have been systematically identified and described in detail in five narrative summaries drawn up in collaboration with early adopters, experts and experienced support staff. This study provides valuable insights that offer descriptive evidence for Integrated Emotion-Oriented Care in the care for older people with ID. Both implications and possible opportunities for future research are discussed.

Psychosocial interventions for older people with intellectual disabilities and the role of support staff: A systematic review

“…Support staff should ideally receive training in order to increase their relevant knowledge and skills in advance, thereby ensuring that they will be able to carry out the intervention appropriately (Innes & McCabe, 2012 ). Finally, when it comes to the support of older people with intellectual disabilities, a lack of an evidence base is still present (Thalen et al, 2021 ). The overview presented in this study provides valuable insights that may contribute to further research into the actual efficacy of the available psychosocial interventions and the implications for older people with intellectual disabilities or into topics not yet addressed and, thereby, increase the evidence base.…”

“…In addition, older people with intellectual disabilities face the loss of loved ones, and many have no partner or children to care for them later in life (Ryan et al, 2014 ). Such changes in social networks intensify their appeal to support services, thus making them increasingly dependent on support staff to maintain their quality of life (QoL) (Thalen et al, 2021 ).…”

De Grote Methodiekengids: definitie • inventarisatie • praktische toepasbaarheid • wetenschappelijke onderbouwing van begeleidingsmethodieken voor mensen met een verstandelijke beperking

“…Het schema op de volgende pagina vat dit samen voor Belevingsgerichte zorg, waarna de resultaten in de tekst verder worden toegelicht. Onderdeel van dit promotieonderzoek is een kwalitatieve studie naar componenten van de methodiek en de betekenis hiervan voor mensen met VB (Thalen et al, 2021). Er is geen kwalitatief onderzoek naar de werkzaamheid van Belevingsgerichte zorg in de gehandicaptenzorg gevonden.…”