dc.contributor.author | Hall, AJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Burrows, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Lang, I | |
dc.contributor.author | Endacott, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Goodwin, V | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-08T10:23:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-03-02 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background
People with dementia may receive physiotherapy for a variety of reasons. This may be for musculoskeletal conditions or as a result of falls, fractures or mobility difficulties. While previous studies have sought to determine the effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions for people with dementia, little research has focused on the experiences of people receiving such treatment. The aim of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of people’s experiences of receiving physiotherapy and to explore these experiences in the context of principles of person-centred care.
Methods
Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with people with dementia or their carers between September 2016 and January 2017. A purposive sampling strategy recruited participants with dementia from the South West of England who had recently received physiotherapy. We also recruited carers to explore their involvement in the intervention. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data.
Results
A total of eleven participants were recruited to the study. Six people with dementia were interviewed and five interviews undertaken separately with carers of people with dementia. Three themes were identified. The first explores the factors that enable exercises to be undertaken successfully, the second deals with perceived resource pressures, and the final theme “the physiotherapy just vanished” explores the feeling of abandonment felt when goals and expectations of physiotherapy were not discussed. When mapped against the principles of person-centred care, our participants did not describe physiotherapy adopting such an approach.
Conclusion
Lack of a person-centred care approach was evident by ineffective communication, thus failing to develop a shared understanding of the role and aims of physiotherapy. The incorporation of person-centred care may help reduce the frustration and feelings of dissatisfaction that some of our participants reported. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | The primary author is a PhD researcher funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula. This research was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula (NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 18, 63 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12877-018-0756-9 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/31960 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s). 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Physiotherapy | en_GB |
dc.subject | Dementia | en_GB |
dc.subject | Pcc | en_GB |
dc.subject | Patient centred care | en_GB |
dc.subject | Satisfaction | en_GB |
dc.subject | Carer | en_GB |
dc.title | Are physiotherapists employing person-centred care for people with dementia? An exploratory qualitative study examining the experiences of people with dementia and their carers | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-08T10:23:32Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2318 | |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from BioMed Central via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | BMC Geriatrics | en_GB |