Interdisciplinary Care Management Improve Physical Activities of Daily Living among Elderly

Wantonoro Wantonoro, Sigit Harun, Tuan Van Nguyen and Le Thanh Ha

Journal of Management World, 2025, vol. 2025, issue 2, 572-575

Abstract: Long-term care is an activity carried out by professionals to ensure that patients can maintain freedom and quality of life according to their wishes, the elderly who require long-term care tend to experience reduced limitations in their Physical Activity Daily Living (PADLs), this long-term care can be done by homecare-based, homecare services require interdisciplinary implementation or collaboration between health professions to provide comprehensive services. Objectives: This research purposes to determine the effect of interdisciplinary homecare management on PADLs of the elderly with long-term care service needs. Methods: a quasi-experimental design. Fifteen elderly who match long-term care criteria were included in this study; including elderly with hypertension, elderly with diabetic problems, and elderly with stroke. All respondents were received 3-months interdisciplinary focused on activity daily living. The interdisciplinary approach involved professionals from three fields: nursing, physiotherapy, and nutrition. All professionals participated in the daily need treatment process for 3 months; the education was provided twice a week for each caregiver via face-to-face interactions in the caregiver/patient’s house (home-based education). Wilcoxon test data analysis techniques were used. Results: The results of this study state that there is a significant influence of interdisciplinary home care PADLs for long-term care patients (p=0.001). Conclusion: The findings of this study support the effectiveness interdisciplinary homecare management program for elderly; Therefore, interdisciplinary homecare management is recommended in order to improve PADLs for elderly with long-term care needs. A subsequent investigation with homogeneous responders was suggested.

Keywords: Activity daily living; Homecare; Interdisciplinary; Long term care; Management. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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