Regaining the ability to take care of oneself after an illness or medical episode is critical for home health patients to maintain independent living at home. An ADL-enhanced program may augment the effect of home health rehabilitation therapy to support patients' self-care outcomes. Patients will be randomly assigned to two groups: one will receive the ADL-enhanced program with usual home health care, and the other will receive usual home health care. Researchers will compare outcomes in self-care activities and physical performance between the two groups to determine the effect of the ADL-enhanced program.
The objective of this project is to pilot test an ADL (activities of daily living)-enhanced program as an adjuvant therapy to usual home health rehabilitation to improve patient outcomes. The project will compare the ADL-enhanced program plus usual care with usual care using an RCT design in home health patients.