Social Services Occupational Therapists' View of Practice and Integration with Health: A Survey

Forsyth, Kirsty; Hamilton, Emma

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“…Counter to Mackie and Darvill's (2016) findings of six key areas required for integration, this study suggests a focus is required on three factors: leadership, communication and joint education need to be prioritised to avoid being overly side-lined by other potential time-consuming process areas (Figure 2) that need attention, but not at the expense of the essential enablers. Forsyth and Hamilton (2008) identify many practical aspects, such as budgets and resources, as potential obstacles for integration. No evidence was apparent in this study to support Forsyth and Hamilton's (2008) findings.…”

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“…Previous studies on the integration of occupational therapy services are sparse. Donnelly et al (2013) explored the integration of occupational therapy into primary care, while Forsyth and Hamilton (2008) examined a social services occupational therapist's views on integrating with health. Donnelly et al's (2013) Canadian study employed four case studies and explored the interprofessional team's view of occupational therapists integrating into primary care.…”

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“…Their findings point to the need for an understanding of occupational therapy, a culture of collaboration and finally the need for trust and understanding. Forsyth and Hamilton (2008) undertook a postal survey of occupational therapists in Scotland and England, with a 72% return rate. Forty-one responses were analysed.…”

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Facilitating integrated delivery of services across organisational boundaries: Essential enablers to integration

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British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Introduction: Integrating services is a key tenet to developing services across the United Kingdom. While many aspects of integration have been explored, how to facilitate integration of services remains unclear. Method: An exploratory qualitative study was undertaken in 2015 to explore occupational therapists' perceptions on integrating service provision across health and social care organisational boundaries. The views of practitioners who had experienced integration were sought on a range of aspects of integrating services. This paper focuses on the facilitators for delivering integration and the essential enablers are identified. Findings: Numerous factors were noted to facilitate integration and three essential enablers were highlighted. Leadership, communication and joint education were recognised as playing a central role in integrating services across organisational boundaries; without these three essential enablers, integration is liable to fail. Conclusion: Integration is a process rather than an event; continued emphasis will be required on leadership, communication and joint education to progress integration achievements made to date.

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British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…It is further suggested that people's experience of the process and satisfaction with the home modification would improve if occupational therapists had a greater understanding of their role [ 20 , 22 , 23 ], and the lack of available guidance and standardised assessment tools is seen as a contributing factor [ 16 , 21 , 22 , 24 ]. This issue is further exacerbated by a lack of design and construction knowledge [ 8 , 20 , 25 ], leading to occupational therapists making the assumption that the modification process is simple [ 26 ].…”

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“…This issue is further exacerbated by a lack of design and construction knowledge [ 8 , 20 , 25 ], leading to occupational therapists making the assumption that the modification process is simple [ 26 ]. Interestingly, evidence suggests that occupational therapists want a more standardised approach to the whole modification process [ 21 ] and that the profession should consider ways to amalgamate the occupational therapy process into the wider design and construction process [ 22 , 23 , 27 ]. Thus, given that occupational therapists use the principles of design and construction in interventions involving modifying the home environment in their everyday practice, the aim of this study was to develop an occupational therapy design and construction protocol for modifying home environments.…”

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The Development of a Design and Construction Process Protocol to Support the Home Modification Process Delivered by Occupational Therapists

Russell

Ormerod

Newton

2018

Journal of Aging Research

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Modifying the home environments of older people as they age in place is a well-established health and social care intervention. Using design and construction methods to redress any imbalance caused by the ageing process or disability within the home environment, occupational therapists are seen as the experts in this field of practice. However, the process used by occupational therapists when modifying home environments has been criticised for being disorganised and not founded on theoretical principles and concepts underpinning the profession. To address this issue, research was conducted to develop a design and construction process protocol specifically for home modifications. A three-stage approach was taken for the analysis of qualitative data generated from an online survey, completed by 135 occupational therapists in the UK. Using both the existing occupational therapy intervention process model and the design and construction process protocol as the theoretical frameworks, a 4-phase, 9-subphase design and construction process protocol for home modifications was developed. Overall, the study is innovative in developing the first process protocol for home modifications, potentially providing occupational therapists with a systematic and effective approach to the design and delivery of home modification services for older and disabled people.

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The use of outcome measures and factors affecting use in adult social care occupational therapy services in the UK

Davenport,

Underhill

2023

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Purpose This study aims to explore which outcome measures are used by occupational therapy staff in adult social care settings in the UK, and the factors affecting use of outcome measures. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative descriptive research design was used, using a cross-sectional study to explore occupational therapy staff views on the use of outcome measures. A 38-question survey was developed on Microsoft Forms. Recruitment occurred online over a three-week period in 2021 via the social media platform “Twitter”. Results were analysed using Excel using descriptive statistics and qualitative results used thematic analysis. Findings Participants (n = 20) used a range of outcome measures (13) in adult social care settings in the previous 12 months. Standardised measures were used by half the sample in the previous 12 months. The Therapy Outcome Measure and Barthel Index were in most use. The breadth of adult social care practice and practical factors such as caseload and lack of a meaningful tool were found to be barriers to outcome measure use. Facilitators included service improvement, accountability, use of audit and professional occupational therapy leadership. Research limitations/implications The overall use of outcome measures can be considered low in this setting, with manager support seen to be key to the use of outcome measures. Further research is needed to investigate nationwide use. Practical implications Training, time and manager support are key to use of standardised tests and outcome measures in the adult social care settings. The use of occupational performance measures should be considered to demonstrate unique professional impact. Originality/value This contemporary study reveals use of outcome measures within occupational therapy adult social care services in the UK, which is an under researched and under published area.

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Social Services Occupational Therapists' View of Practice and Integration with Health: A Survey

Cited by 13 publications

References 19 publications

Facilitating integrated delivery of services across organisational boundaries: Essential enablers to integration

Facilitating integrated delivery of services across organisational boundaries: Essential enablers to integration

The Development of a Design and Construction Process Protocol to Support the Home Modification Process Delivered by Occupational Therapists

The use of outcome measures and factors affecting use in adult social care occupational therapy services in the UK

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