“Intensive-Home-Rehabilitation” Intervention for Older Persons: A Follow-Up Study of Team Members’ Perceptions

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Box 1 Deductive Framework for the Analysis Used in Data Extraction from Care Records

What problematic situations, so-called dilemmas, that have occurred in the older persons’ life during this period are described in the text?

What consequences for the older person appear in the text?

Which strategies of the older person appear in the text?

What experiences of IHR does the older person describe after the intervention?

Are there differences in the older persons’ experience of the physical and mental aspects of the intervention?

How successful was the intervention perceived by the older person?

What are the reasons why the IHR intervention was perceived as successful for the older person?

What are the reasons why the IHR intervention was perceived as successful by the professionals?

What are the reasons why the IHR intervention was not perceived as successful for the older person?

What are the reasons why the IHR intervention was not perceived as successful by the professionals?

Table 1 An Example of the Implementation of the Content Analysis

Extraction from Health and Care Record	Headings	Merged Headings	Category
(The older person receiving IHR) cannot practice pulling up and down the blinds in the bedroom as it is too cramped. Cannot get to the window sitting in a wheelchair. (health and care record, participant 3)	Problems of functional nature	Obstacles to physical exercise	Consequences of problematic situations during the IHR
	Aids do not work as intended
(The older person receiving IHR) can handle all aspects of showering completely independently and feels safe with this now that she has a handle on the bathtub. Do not want any more help from staff with this. The goal of going to the car and getting the walker into it independently now is about to be achieved and that within a couple of weeks she will end up in IHR. (health and care record, participant 11)	Again independent	Successful rehabilitation	Outcome of the IHR
	Goals achieved

Table 2 Description of Background Conditions of the Persons Who Received Intensive Home Rehabilitation (IHR) n=19

	Women n=15	Men n=4	Total n=19
Age, mean (min/max)	84.5 (79/90)	86.0 (84/89)	84.8 (76/90)
Civil status
Living alone	14	1	15
Married	1	3	4
Cause of IHR
Orthopedic	9	3	12
Infection	3	1	4
Cardiovascular /neurological	3	–	3
Additional diagnoses	Number/diagnoses in women	Number/diagnoses in men	Total number/ diagnoses
Atrial fibrillation	2	–	2
Hypertension	5	–	5
Heart failure	–	1	1
Anemia	1	–	1
Thyroid dysfunction	2	–	2
Diabetes	1	1	2
Asthma	1	–	1
Arthritis	2	1	3
Rheumatism	2	1	3
Anxiety	1	–	1
Number of additional diagnoses / persons
Non	3	1	4
1 additional diagnosis	7	–	7
2 additional diagnoses	3	3	6
3 additional diagnoses	2	–	2
Granted number hours of IHR, mean (min/max)	148.0 (52.0/405.0)	97.1 (24.0/167.0)	136.0 (24.0/405.0)

Figure 1 Illustration of the core categories concerning the IHR for older persons and how the categories are interrelated.