Details of categories of services delivered to participants in both groups: domestic tasks (e.g. vacuuming), personal care (e.g. showering assistance), shopping (with and/or without the client) and individualised activities (activities identified specifically for the individual client) were collected and analysed. Individualised activities predominantly focussed on assisting participants to access the community, i.e. were concerned with increasing function outside the home. There was no difference between groups in percentage of services relating to domestic tasks, personal care or shopping. The main difference in services related to the proportion of individualised activities in the participants support plans across the two groups [t (205) = 3.34, P< 0.001]. These were individualised walking or exercise programmes or other activities aimed at improving functional ability. In the intervention group, 61.7% (n = 66) of the support plans described such individualised activities as opposed to 15% (n = 14) in controls.
(n = 66) of the support plans described such individualised
activities as opposed to 15% (n = 14) in controls.