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Client self-assessment in community aged care: A comparative study involving older Australians and their case managers

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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by Goetz Ottmann, Mohammadreza MohebbiMohammadreza Mohebbi, A Millicer
Self-assessment of support needs is a relatively new and under-researched phenomenon in domiciliary aged care. This article outlines the results of a comparative study focusing on whether a self-assessment approach assists clients to identify support needs and the degree to which self-assessed needs differ from an assessment conducted by community care professionals. A total of 48 older people and their case managers completed a needs assessment tool. Twenty-two semi-structured interviews were used to ascertain older people’s views and preferences regarding the self-assessment process. The study suggests that while a co-assessment approach as outlined in this article has the potential to assist older people to gain a better understanding of their care needs as well as the assessment process and its ramifications, client self-assessment should be seen as part of a co-assessment process involving care professionals. Such a co-assessment process allows older people to gain a better understanding of their support needs and the wider community aged care context. The article suggests that a co-assessment process involving both clients and care professionals contains features that have the capacity to enhance domiciliary aged care.

History

Journal

SAGE Open

Volume

4

Pagination

1 - 10

Location

London, England

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

2158-2440

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2014, Sage Open