The 'HomeHealth' trial: maintaining independence for older people at home
The HomeHealth trial evaluated the effectiveness of the HomeHealth service. This service was facilitated by the HomeHealth team and aimed to help participants stay healthy and independent. This was different for everyone, but included home exercise programmes, nutritional support to improve energy levels, and increasing connection with the local community. These sessions took place once a month over six months.
The HomeHealth service was developed in 2014-2015 in partnership with older people, carers, health and social care professionals and tested in a feasibility study. The RCT is now in the dissemination stage, with all data collected and evaluated for clinical and cost effectiveness.
The HomeHealth team have spent the last few months publishing research papers and analysing the data collected from the trial. If you would like to read more about the trial findings, please visit the Findings from the Trial page, where you will find video recording of the symposium event, with detailed findings from the study.
What is the HomeHealth service?
What were the findings from the HomeHealth trial?
Who was involved in the HomeHealth trial?
Why did the research study take place?
Research papers published about HomeHealth.
This study is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (NIHR128334). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.