The effects of a caregivers’ capacity development program using individualized care plan on knowledge and skills in caring for homebound elderly in the community
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Background: Caring for homebound elderly involves collaborative planning between managers (CM) and caregivers (CG) to develop individualized care plans as a guideline for providing personalized approaches to care for each individual.
Objectives: To investigate the levels of knowledge and skills and compare the knowledge and skills of caregivers for homebound elderly in the community before and after implementing a caregiver capacity development program using individualized care plans.
Methods: A one-group pretest-posttest experimental design with a one-month follow-up study was conducted. The sample consisted of 34 caregivers who had completed a caregiver training program and were providing care for the homebound elderly. Research instruments included a caregiver capacity development program using individualized care plans, a caregiver knowledge assessment, and a caregiver skills evaluation. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, paired t-tests, and repeated measures ANOVA.
Results: After participating in the program, the caregivers demonstrated statistically significant improvements in their knowledge and skills in all domains (p < 0.05). At the one-month follow-up, caregivers’ knowledge and skills were significantly higher than before the intervention (p<0.05).
Conclusions: The caregiver capacity development program using individualized care plans effectively improved caregivers’ knowledge and skills. This is achieved through the active involvement of caregivers in assessing the health conditions and needs of the elderly, identifying individual problems and needs, planning individualized care, implementing care plans, and evaluating care outcomes.
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ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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