Acknowledgments Introduction Aspects of Weber's Intellectual Field The German Historical Tradition The Threat of ePositivismi The Revival of the Humanistic Disciplines Weber's Adaptation of Rickert Rickert's Position and Its Problems Weber's Adaptation Against Naturalism, Holism, and Irrationalism Singular Causal Analysis Objective Probability and Adequate Causation The Frameworks and Tactics of Causal Analysis Contemporary Formulations Interpretation and Explanation From Interpretation to Causal Analysis Interpretive Sociology The Ideal Type and Its Functions Objectivity and Value Neutrality The Two Components of Weber's Position through 1910 The Maxim and Ethos of Value Neutrality Contemporary Formulations From Theory to Practice Neither Marxism nor Idealism From Methodological Individualism to the Comparative Analysis of Structural Change An Example of Weber's Practice: The Protestant Ethic Conclusion Bibliography Index

Max Weber's Methodology: The Unification of the Cultural and Social Sciences

Evidence Based Practice For Occupational Occupational therapy is a science-driven profession that applies the most up-to-date research to service delivery. Evidence supports the effectiveness of adding an occupational therapy practitioner to your patients’ or clients’ treatment plan. According to systematic reviews from AOTA’s EvidenceBased Practice Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines, evidence shows that the following occupational therapy interventions improve client outcomes.

Evidence‐based practice for occupational therapists

While the field of rehabilitation has determined a common definition of professional practice, legislators and healthcare professionals in various Western countries have struggled to reach consensus about how the newer offer of ‘reablement’ should be organised, operationalised, and understood as a health service for older adults. International research indicates that there is confusion, ambiguity, and disagreement about the terminology and the structure of these programmes, and they may not be adequately supporting older people’s self-identified goals. Could an analysis of the concept’s genealogy illuminate how reablement can be more effective and beneficial in theory and in practice? We conducted a qualitative and quantitative scoping review to determine how reablement has developed through time and space. Eligible articles (N=86) had to focus on any of the defined features of current reablement programmes; there were no restrictions on study designs or publication dates. In articles published from 1947 to 2019, we identified themes and patterns, commonalities, and differences in how various countries described and defined reablement. We also performed an analysis using computer software to construct and visualise term maps based on significant words extracted from the article abstracts. The fundamental principles of reablement have a long history. However, these programmes have undergone a widespread expansion since the mid-2000s with an intention to reduce costs related to providing long-term care services and in-home assistance to growing older populations. Despite theoretical aspirations to offer person-centred and goal-directed reablement, few countries have been able to implement programmes that adequately promote older people’s goals, social involvement, or participation in their local community in a safe, culturally sensitive and adaptable way. Reablement is meant to support older people in attaining their self-defined goals to be both more physically independent at home and socially involved in their communities. However, until legislators, health professionals, and older people can collectively reach consensus about how person-centred reablement can be more effectively implemented and supported in professional home-care practice, it will be difficult to determine a conceptual description of reablement as a service that is unique, separate, and distinct from standard rehabilitation.

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Reablement through time and space: a scoping review of how the concept of ‘reablement’ for older people has been defined and operationalised

Background: Profound changes in municipal health services, are calling for new models for community-based occupational therapy services.Objective: The aim of the study is to explore how Nor...

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Community-based occupational therapy in Norway: Content, dilemmas, and priorities.

To support students’ motivation towards constructive and persistent study efforts, their learning environment needs attention. To develop knowledge about occupational therapy students’ perceptions ...

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Student perceptions of the learning environment in Norwegian occupational therapy education programs.

Background: Ongoing changes in healthcare delivery systems in Norway increasingly require community-based services, and the changes will likely affect the working conditions and opportunities for o...

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Characteristics of community-based occupational therapy: Results of a norwegian survey

Kunnskapsbasert praksis er et definert mal for den
ergoterapeutiske yrkesutovelsen og er samtidig et
statlig palegg (Jamtvedt & Nortvedt, 2008; Unsworth,
2011) A arbeide kunnskapsbasert handler om
at ergoterapeuter, sa vel som andre helse- og sosialprofesjoner,
tar faglige avgjorelser basert pa systematisk
innhentet forskning/kunnskap, erfaringsbasert
kunnskap og pa pasientens/brukerens onsker og behov
(Jamtvedt & Nordtvedt, 2008) Dette innebaerer
anvendelse av reliable og validerte vurderingsredskaper
(Laver-Fawcett, 2014) Norske ergoterapeuters
bruk av vurderingsredskaper er lite beskrevet, og det
er behov for mer kunnskap pa feltet Dette vil kunne
oke bevissthet, kunnskap og ferdigheter i utovelse av
en kunnskapsbasert praksis Systematiske vurderinger
med bruk av velprovde redskaper bor vaere en
sentral del av ordinaer ergoterapipraksis (Kielhofner,
2006; Laver-Fawcett, 2014; Soderback, 2009; Townsend
& Polatajko, 2007; Tornquist & Sonn, 2014) Vi
ser det som verdifullt a utforske norske ergoterapeuters
praksis pa dette omradet
Artikkelen har som siktemal a presentere resultater
fra Medlemsundersokelsen 2013 om ergoterapeuters
begrunnelser for bruk eller ikke bruk av vurderingsredskaper
Vi antar at bedre kjennskap til hvordan ergoterapeuter
forholder seg til bruk av vurderingsredskaper
kan fremme tiltak som styrker kvaliteten pa ergoterapeuters
praksis (behandling, rehabilitering, forebyggende
og helsefremmende arbeid)

På vei inn i en kunnskapsbasert praksis. Ergoterapeuters begrunnelser for bruk eller ikke bruk av vurderingsredskaper

A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted (n = 561). Almost half of the participants took part in research and development projects. Being involved in research and development was associat...

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Involvement in Research and Development Projects Among Community-working Occupational Therapists in Norway.

Aim: This study aimed to assess the perceived influence that community-working occupational therapists in Norway have on the service goals of their respective organizations. In addition, we aimed t...

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Cathrine Hagby

Papers

Community-based occupational therapy in Norway: Content, dilemmas, and priorities.

Characteristics of community-based occupational therapy: Results of a norwegian survey

På vei inn i en kunnskapsbasert praksis. Ergoterapeuters begrunnelser for bruk eller ikke bruk av vurderingsredskaper

Involvement in Research and Development Projects Among Community-working Occupational Therapists in Norway.

Perceived Influence on Service Goals Among Community-Working Occupational Therapists in Norway.