Telecare: Its impact on objective quality of life outcomes [Abstract]

Perry, Jonathan 2008. Telecare: Its impact on objective quality of life outcomes [Abstract]. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 52 (8-9) , p. 756. 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01092.x

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Abstract

Aim: Telecare refers to episodic, needs-based support from a peripatetic team which monitors activity in people’s homes via a technological ‘hub’ located within the house. A residential service provider in South Wales is implementing such a system of ‘targetted support’. Interim data on the impact of targeted support on residents’ quality of life are summarized. Method: A pre-post experimental control group comparison design was adopted. Objective quality of life consequences(social activity, constructive activity, and choice) were assessed on two occasions in two networks of small scale community-based residential services.Targetted support was implemented in only one of the two networks between the two data collection periods allowing a pre/post comparison within the experimental group, together with experimental/control group comparisons at both times. Results: There was a significant reduction in staffing levels in the experimental group which did not occur in the control group. There was an 11% reduction in opportunities for making choices and a 34% increase in the range of community activities in the experimental group. There was no significantimpact on the other resident outcomes. Conclusion: Cost savings appear to have been achieved through the introduction of telecare, without detriment to service users’ quality of life.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) T Technology > T Technology (General)
Additional Information:	Special Issue: People with Intellectual Disabilities: Citizens in the World Symposium: Service design and quality – II
Publisher:	Blackwell Publishing
ISSN:	0964-2633
Last Modified:	04 May 2016 01:57
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/17934

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