Reablement as an evolution in home care: a comparison of implementation across five countries

Numerous countries have been developing a reablement approach for several years. However, the stage of implementation, as well as the scaling up, differs across each country. The aim of this chapter is to consider key issues relating to the implementation of reablement to determine the shared issues for development, refinement, and spread. The chapter is informed by i-PAHRIS and Context and Implementation of Complex Interventions (CICI) implementation frameworks. Issues relating to the history and current status of reablement, target groups, characteristics, and key contextual factors at a participant, local, and national level are considered across New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands. This allows for consideration of the key common features in the composition of reablement across the five countries/regions together with an illustration of differences in structuring reablement.