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Transition in Care From Post-acute Services for the Elderly in Quebec

NCT05915156 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2023-06-23

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Summary

An early discharge of frail elderly individuals from post-acute care services may lead to a decline in their ability to perform daily activities and cause social, emotional, and psychological distress. Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Center in Quebec implemented a pilot program called Post-Acute Home Physiotherapy (PAHP) to address this concern. This program aimed to provide a timely and intense out-patient physiotherapy service to ensure maintenance and optimization of the physical capacities acquired in post-acute care and also to contribute acceleration of the turnover of rehabilitation beds. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of the PAHP program on the functional independence, physical and mental health of elderly individuals, as well as their safety. Additionally, it aimed to identify the healthcare needs, both physical and psychological, of elderly individuals after their discharge from post-acute care services.

Conditions

  • Older Adults
  • Rehabilitation
  • Physical Therapy
  • Functional Independence

Interventions

OTHER

Post-acute home physiotherapy program

This health services research assessed the effects of a post-acute home physiotherapy program that was designed to provide physical rehabilitation services to older adults recently discharged from acute or post-acute care. Under this program, every patient was attended by a physiotherapy technologist within 48 hours of being discharged and received home physiotherapy for a minimum of three days per week for a maximum of eight weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • McGill University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

    collaborator OTHER

  • Université de Montréal

    collaborator OTHER

  • Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Diana Zidarov, PhD · Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-04-01
Primary Completion
2021-12-31
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

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