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The co‐design of timely and meaningful information needed to enhance social participation in community aged care services: Think tank proceedings
Author(s) -
Brett Lindsey,
Nguyen Amy D.,
Siette Joyce,
DovePizarro Jasmin,
Hourihan Fleur,
Georgiou Andrew
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/ajag.12706
Subject(s) - psychosocial , thematic analysis , action (physics) , quality (philosophy) , nursing , psychology , information system , process management , medicine , knowledge management , business , computer science , qualitative research , engineering , sociology , social science , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , psychiatry , electrical engineering
Objective To determine what information from community aged care social participation and quality of life assessments needs to be captured, and meaningfully utilised as part of an integrated information and communication technology system. Methods Two think tank sessions comprised of community aged care staff and researchers (n = 9) were conducted over 5 weeks. The sessions were guided by the Continuous Quality Improvement framework. Thematic analysis was used to categorise the think tank data. Results To monitor progress over time, participants needed more contextual information captured in the assessment forms, such as client goals and outcomes of assessments. The aged care provider agreed to embed outcome measure score and action following assessment into its information and communication technology system. Conclusion Collaboration between aged care staff and researchers resulted in adjustments to the aged care provider's information and communication technology system to better target the monitoring and planning of its clients' psychosocial needs.