Ageing well: Effect of a social participation and engagement tool on community participation and quality of life among community aged care clients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: social participation; engagement; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617001212347
• Lead Sponsor: Macquarie University

Brief Summary

This project aimed to administer both the Australian Community Participation Questionnaire (ACPQ) and the ICEpop CAPability Measure for Older Adults (ICECAP-O) to community aged care consumers of the largest aged care provider in NSW (Uniting) to: 1. Ascertain the levels of social participation and engagement, and quality of life 2. Utilise the findings to design and implement strategies (e.g., feedback, staff training, consumer choice options) to improve social participation 3. Measure the association between the delivery of community aged care services, social participation and quality of life 4. Establish an information infrastructure which can be used to maintain continuous quality improvement of services The major project outcomes and outputs include: - Development of profiles of client wellbeing and social participation in community care - Implementation of electronic versions of the tools to assist staff - Gained an understanding of the barriers, benefits and potential improvements associated with tool administration from both Uniting staff and client perspectives - Development, testing and implementation of translated versions of both tools, ACPQ and ICECAP-O, into Turkish, Mandarin and Korean

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-08-18
• Study Completion: 2019-07-01
• Last Update Posted: 28 June 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1366

Inclusion Criteria

Community aged care clients:
1.Receiving community aged care services from Uniting
2.Living within one of the NSW or ACT regions recruited for this study
3.Completed the ACPQ and ICECAP-O with a community aged care support staff
Additional criteria for qualitative element of study (interviews and focus groups):
4.Able to provide written consent, or has an appropriate person that can provide proxy consent on their behalf if required, e.g. due to cognitive impairment
5.Ability to communicate sufficiently in English so they are able to participate in an interview or focus group

Community aged care support staff:
1.Staff member with Uniting
2.Aged 18 or older
3.Experience using the ACPQ and ICECAP-O with a range of clients (people with varying levels of independence, care needs, ability to communicate, and cultural and lingual diversity) between baseline and follow-up (six months)
4.Able to provide written consent
5.Ability to communicate sufficiently in English so they are able to participate in an interview or focus group

Exclusion Criteria

Community aged care consumers:
1.Not receiving community aged care services from Uniting, or cease all services during the study period
2.Did not complete the ACPQ and ICECAP-O with a community aged care support staff
Additional criteria for qualitative element of study (interviews and focus groups):
3.Unable or declines to provide written consent themselves or from a proxy

Community aged care support staff:
1.Under the age of 18
2.Has not used the ACPQ and ICECAP-O with a range of consumers (people with varying levels of independence, care needs, ability to communicate, and cultural and lingual diversity)
3.Unable or declines to provide written consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Type, breath and level of social participation as determined by the Australian Community Participation Questionnaire (ACPQ).<br>- Type and level of social participation is determined by analysis of each category of social participation in the ACPQ<br>- Breath of social participation is determined by the total score obtained in the ACPQ[Baseline and six-month follow-up post implementation of tool];Level of quality of life as determined by the mean ICEpop CAPability Measure for Older Adults (ICECAP-O) total score.[Baseline and six-month follow-up post implementation of tool]