Prioritizing supports and services to help older adults age in place: A Delphi study comparing the perspectives of family/friend care partners and healthcare stakeholders.

<h4>Background</h4>Aging in place (AIP) is a policy strategy designed to help older adults remain in their community. While planners internationally have modified aspects of the older adult care continuum (e.g., home care, assisted living, nursing homes) to facilitate AIP, further improv...

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Autores principales: Megan Campbell, Tara Stewart, Thekla Brunkert, Heather Campbell-Enns, Andrea Gruneir, Gayle Halas, Matthias Hoben, Erin Scott, Adrian Wagg, Malcolm Doupe
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5930ea2eb5244659b2b6c8e5de8e0b152021-12-02T20:07:43ZPrioritizing supports and services to help older adults age in place: A Delphi study comparing the perspectives of family/friend care partners and healthcare stakeholders.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0259387https://doaj.org/article/5930ea2eb5244659b2b6c8e5de8e0b152021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259387https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Aging in place (AIP) is a policy strategy designed to help older adults remain in their community. While planners internationally have modified aspects of the older adult care continuum (e.g., home care, assisted living, nursing homes) to facilitate AIP, further improvements to community-based supports and services are also required. This study compared and constrasted the community-based factors (e.g., supports, services and personal strategies or characteristics) that family/friend care partners and healthcare stakeholders (i.e., planners/providers) view as most important to help older adults successfully AIP.<h4>Methods</h4>An initial list of factors shown to influence AIP was created from the academic literature. These factors were used to develop a Delphi survey implemented separately on care partners and healthcare stakeholders. Respondents rated the importance of each factor using a 10-point Likert Scale (1 = not important; 10 = absolutely critical). Consensus in each group was defined when at least 80% of participants scored a factor ≥8 ("very important"), with an interquartile range ≤2. Respondents suggested additional factors during Delphi round one.<h4>Results</h4>Care partners (N = 25) and healthcare stakeholders (N = 36) completed two and three Delphi rounds, respectively. These groups independently agreed that the following 3 (out of 27) factors were very important to help older adults age in place: keeping one's home safe, maintaining strong inter-personal relationships, and coordinating care across formal providers. While healthcare stakeholders did not reach consensus on other factors, care partners agreed that 7 additional factors (e.g., access to affordable housing, having mental health programs) were important for AIP.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Compared to healthcare stakeholders, care partners felt that more and diverse community-based factors are important to support older adults to successfully AIP. Future research should replicate these findings in other jurisdictions, examine the availability and accessibility of the priority factors, and develop sustainable solutions to enhance their effectiveness.Megan CampbellTara StewartThekla BrunkertHeather Campbell-EnnsAndrea GruneirGayle HalasMatthias HobenErin ScottAdrian WaggMalcolm DoupePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259387 (2021)
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Megan Campbell
Tara Stewart
Thekla Brunkert
Heather Campbell-Enns
Andrea Gruneir
Gayle Halas
Matthias Hoben
Erin Scott
Adrian Wagg
Malcolm Doupe
Prioritizing supports and services to help older adults age in place: A Delphi study comparing the perspectives of family/friend care partners and healthcare stakeholders.
description <h4>Background</h4>Aging in place (AIP) is a policy strategy designed to help older adults remain in their community. While planners internationally have modified aspects of the older adult care continuum (e.g., home care, assisted living, nursing homes) to facilitate AIP, further improvements to community-based supports and services are also required. This study compared and constrasted the community-based factors (e.g., supports, services and personal strategies or characteristics) that family/friend care partners and healthcare stakeholders (i.e., planners/providers) view as most important to help older adults successfully AIP.<h4>Methods</h4>An initial list of factors shown to influence AIP was created from the academic literature. These factors were used to develop a Delphi survey implemented separately on care partners and healthcare stakeholders. Respondents rated the importance of each factor using a 10-point Likert Scale (1 = not important; 10 = absolutely critical). Consensus in each group was defined when at least 80% of participants scored a factor ≥8 ("very important"), with an interquartile range ≤2. Respondents suggested additional factors during Delphi round one.<h4>Results</h4>Care partners (N = 25) and healthcare stakeholders (N = 36) completed two and three Delphi rounds, respectively. These groups independently agreed that the following 3 (out of 27) factors were very important to help older adults age in place: keeping one's home safe, maintaining strong inter-personal relationships, and coordinating care across formal providers. While healthcare stakeholders did not reach consensus on other factors, care partners agreed that 7 additional factors (e.g., access to affordable housing, having mental health programs) were important for AIP.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Compared to healthcare stakeholders, care partners felt that more and diverse community-based factors are important to support older adults to successfully AIP. Future research should replicate these findings in other jurisdictions, examine the availability and accessibility of the priority factors, and develop sustainable solutions to enhance their effectiveness.
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author Megan Campbell
Tara Stewart
Thekla Brunkert
Heather Campbell-Enns
Andrea Gruneir
Gayle Halas
Matthias Hoben
Erin Scott
Adrian Wagg
Malcolm Doupe
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Tara Stewart
Thekla Brunkert
Heather Campbell-Enns
Andrea Gruneir
Gayle Halas
Matthias Hoben
Erin Scott
Adrian Wagg
Malcolm Doupe
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title Prioritizing supports and services to help older adults age in place: A Delphi study comparing the perspectives of family/friend care partners and healthcare stakeholders.
title_short Prioritizing supports and services to help older adults age in place: A Delphi study comparing the perspectives of family/friend care partners and healthcare stakeholders.
title_full Prioritizing supports and services to help older adults age in place: A Delphi study comparing the perspectives of family/friend care partners and healthcare stakeholders.
title_fullStr Prioritizing supports and services to help older adults age in place: A Delphi study comparing the perspectives of family/friend care partners and healthcare stakeholders.
title_full_unstemmed Prioritizing supports and services to help older adults age in place: A Delphi study comparing the perspectives of family/friend care partners and healthcare stakeholders.
title_sort prioritizing supports and services to help older adults age in place: a delphi study comparing the perspectives of family/friend care partners and healthcare stakeholders.
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