Can home health aids using the clinical algorithm Algo choose the right bath seat for clients having a straightforward problem?

M Guay, MF Dubois, J Desrosiers - Clinical Rehabilitation, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To determine if Algo, a clinical algorithm to select bathing equipment for
'straightforward'cases, guides home health aides in selecting the appropriate bath seat …

Interrater reliability of Algo used by non-occupational therapist members of homecare interdisciplinary teams

M Guay, M Gagnon, M Ruest… - Disability and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To determine if non-occupational therapists (non-OTs) with different job titles using
Algo, a clinical algorithm for recommending bathroom modifications (eg, bath seat) for …

Criterion validity of a home health aide's algorithm for recommending bathroom equipment

M Guay, J Desrosiers… - Canadian Journal of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Occupational therapists are experts at adapting bathroom environments.
However, to increase access to services, the algorithm “Préalables aux soins …

Does the clinical context affect the validity of bathroom recommendations made by home health aides?

M Guay, J Desrosiers, MF Dubois - International Journal of Industrial …, 2010 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: When there is a shortage of occupational therapists, an organizational
model that involves home health aides in the process of recommending bathroom …

Exploring support needed by home health aides in choosing bathing equipment: New challenges for occupational therapy collaboration

M Guay, M Levasseur, S Turgeon-Londeï, MF Dubois… - Work, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Abstract In Quebec (Canada), home health aides are gradually being involved in choosing
bathing equipment for community-dwelling clients with bathing difficulties, a task traditionally …

Algo used by homecare nonoccupational therapists selecting bathing assistive technology: enhancing standardization by exploring clinical reasoning

M Ruest, A Bourget, N Delli-Colli… - Occupational Therapy in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Algo is a clinical decision algorithm developed to support nonoccupational therapists in
establishing assistive technology recommendations to enable physically disabled adults to …

[HTML][HTML] Bathing Adaptations in the Homes of Older Adults (BATH-OUT-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, economic evaluation and process …

PJ Whitehead, S Belshaw, S Brady, E Coleman… - Trials, 2024 - Springer
Background The onset of disability in bathing is particularly important for older adults as it
can be rapidly followed by disability in other daily activities; this may represent a judicious …

Use of assistive devices for bathing by elderly who are not institutionalized

WC Mann, D Hurren, M Tomita… - … Therapy Journal of …, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
For elderly persons with disabilities, bathing is a frequent activity that can be both pleasant
and dangerous. Bathing involves using water in an environment with hard, smooth surfaces …

Meeting the needs of elderly with bathing disability

M Zingmark, B Bernspång - Australian Occupational Therapy …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background/aims: Difficulties with bathing are frequent among older people and are
associated with an increasing need for societal support. As loss of independence has a …

Underutilization of environmental adaptations for bathing in community‐living older persons

AD Naik, TM Gill - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To determine the prevalence and utilization of environmental adaptations (home
modifications and assistive devices) for bathing in community‐living older persons with and …