Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published online 2019-7
Active residents in care homes: A holistic approach to promoting and encouraging meaningful activity for residents living in care homes: Innovative Practice
The active residents in care homes intervention aim to promote meaningful activity among care home residents. Residents, family members and staff from three residential care homes in South London are participating. It is a whole systems approach which involves formal and ‘on the floor’ training to empower care home staff to facilitate activity. Training is delivered by two occupational therapists, a physiotherapist and a rehabilitation assistant. This paper describes the active residents in care homes intervention, the evaluation methods and discusses some preliminary findings.
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