Different views on collaboration between older persons, informal caregivers and care professionals
Abstract Background Informal care features high on the policy agenda of many countries to deal with workforce shortages. As a consequence, care provision increasingly takes place in the care triad of care recipients, informal caregivers and care professionals. How collaboration between care partners...
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| author | Teyler vanMuijden Leonoor Gräler Job vanExel Hester van deBovenkamp Violet Petit‐Steeghs |
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| description | Abstract Background Informal care features high on the policy agenda of many countries to deal with workforce shortages. As a consequence, care provision increasingly takes place in the care triad of care recipients, informal caregivers and care professionals. How collaboration between care partners takes shape depends on how the different partners perceive this collaboration. This paper aims to investigate the relative importance of the different aspects of collaboration from the perspectives of care recipients, informal caregivers and care professionals in the context of the care for older persons in The Netherlands. Methods Using Q‐methodology, 32 participants ranked 28 statements that reflect different aspects of collaboration in the care triad and explained their ranking during a follow‐up interview. Participants comprised 9 older persons, 10 informal caregivers and 13 care professionals. Data were analysed using by‐person factor analysis to identify common patterns in the rankings of the statements. Emerging patterns were interpreted and described as views on collaboration using aggregated rankings and qualitative data from the interviews. Results Five distinct views on collaboration were found: (1) Emphasizing warm collaboration, (2) trusting care professional's expertise, (3) open and compassionate care professionals, (4) responsive decision‐making by autonomous care professionals and (5) prioritizing care recipient's and informal caregiver's interests. Care recipients and/or informal caregivers were associated with views 1, 3 and, 5, whereas care professionals were associated with all five views. Conclusions Our study highlights the importance of recognizing the potential diversity of views between and within different partner groups in care triads. Governmental and organizational policy makers, as well as healthcare professionals who aim to increase or support the involvement of informal caregivers, should take this heterogeneity into consideration. Patient or Public Contribution An advisory board of older persons (care recipients and informal caregivers) was involved in the recruitment of the participants, the formulation of the statements and the reflection on the findings of the study and potential implications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b47b786842a547819ee3d8fd4a3b01df2025-08-20T03:47:21ZengWileyHealth Expectations1369-65131369-76252024-06-01273n/an/a10.1111/hex.14091Different views on collaboration between older persons, informal caregivers and care professionalsTeyler vanMuijden0Leonoor Gräler1Job vanExel2Hester van deBovenkamp3Violet Petit‐Steeghs4Healthcare Governance Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management Rotterdam NetherlandsHealthcare Governance Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management Rotterdam NetherlandsDepartment of Health Economics Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management Rotterdam NetherlandsHealthcare Governance Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management Rotterdam NetherlandsHealthcare Governance Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management Rotterdam NetherlandsAbstract Background Informal care features high on the policy agenda of many countries to deal with workforce shortages. As a consequence, care provision increasingly takes place in the care triad of care recipients, informal caregivers and care professionals. How collaboration between care partners takes shape depends on how the different partners perceive this collaboration. This paper aims to investigate the relative importance of the different aspects of collaboration from the perspectives of care recipients, informal caregivers and care professionals in the context of the care for older persons in The Netherlands. Methods Using Q‐methodology, 32 participants ranked 28 statements that reflect different aspects of collaboration in the care triad and explained their ranking during a follow‐up interview. Participants comprised 9 older persons, 10 informal caregivers and 13 care professionals. Data were analysed using by‐person factor analysis to identify common patterns in the rankings of the statements. Emerging patterns were interpreted and described as views on collaboration using aggregated rankings and qualitative data from the interviews. Results Five distinct views on collaboration were found: (1) Emphasizing warm collaboration, (2) trusting care professional's expertise, (3) open and compassionate care professionals, (4) responsive decision‐making by autonomous care professionals and (5) prioritizing care recipient's and informal caregiver's interests. Care recipients and/or informal caregivers were associated with views 1, 3 and, 5, whereas care professionals were associated with all five views. Conclusions Our study highlights the importance of recognizing the potential diversity of views between and within different partner groups in care triads. Governmental and organizational policy makers, as well as healthcare professionals who aim to increase or support the involvement of informal caregivers, should take this heterogeneity into consideration. Patient or Public Contribution An advisory board of older persons (care recipients and informal caregivers) was involved in the recruitment of the participants, the formulation of the statements and the reflection on the findings of the study and potential implications.https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.14091care triadcollaborationinformal careolder persons carepatient engagementQ‐methodology |
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| title | Different views on collaboration between older persons, informal caregivers and care professionals |
| title_full | Different views on collaboration between older persons, informal caregivers and care professionals |
| title_fullStr | Different views on collaboration between older persons, informal caregivers and care professionals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Different views on collaboration between older persons, informal caregivers and care professionals |
| title_short | Different views on collaboration between older persons, informal caregivers and care professionals |
| title_sort | different views on collaboration between older persons informal caregivers and care professionals |
| topic | care triad collaboration informal care older persons care patient engagement Q‐methodology |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.14091 |
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