Questioning “choice”
A multinational metasynthesis of research on directly funded home‐care programs for older people
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| ID | 14947951 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Maggie Fitzgerald (0000-0002-2201-7394, Department of Political Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada, autor correspondente), Christine Kelly (0000-0002-3316-3258, Community Health Sciences University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) |
| Ano | 2019 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | e37-e56 |
| Data de publicação | 2019-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Health & Social Care in the Community (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0966-0410 • E-ISSN: 1365-2524 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/hsc.12646 |
| PMID | 30198139 |
| OpenAlex | W2891292313 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 15 |
| Referências citadas | 47 |
In many developed contexts, home-care services have been overhauled with the intent of increasing control and flexibility for those using social and health services. This change is associated with providing funds directly to individuals, and sometimes their families and supports, to arrange at home-care assistance with the activities of daily living. Directly funded home-care programs, or "direct funding" (DF), are not value-neutral policy interventions, but complex and politicised tools for the enactment of care in contemporary times. In this qualitative metasynthesis, we consider 47 research articles published between 2009 and 2017 that explore various DF programs for older persons in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States to identify core concepts in the literature. We find that choice emerges as a central concern. We then assess the literature to explore the questions: How does the existing literature conceptualise choice, and the mechanisms through which choice is enhanced, in DF programs for older persons? How is choice, and the benefit of choice to older service users, understood in relevant studies? We argue that the concept of "choice" manifests as a normative goal with presumed benefits among the studies reviewed. Particularly when discussing DF for older people, however, it is essential to consider which mechanisms improve care outcomes, rather than focusing on which mechanisms increase choice writ large. In the case of DF, increased choice comes with increased legal responsibilities and often administrative tasks that many older people and their supports find burdensome. Furthermore, there is no evidence that choice over all elements of one's services is the mechanism that improves care experiences. We conclude by presenting alternative models of understanding care emerging from feminist and other critical scholarship to consider if we are, perhaps, asking the wrong questions about why DF is so often preferred over conventional home-care delivery
Economics · Health care · Multinational corporation · Normative · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Writ · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Obras citantes distintas | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 2,14 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 14 |