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. 2023 Aug 7;55:4471. doi: 10.2340/jrm.v55.4471

Table I.

Interventions, purposes and active goal-setting ingredients addressed

Intervention Purpose Materials Best practice key elements addressed Sites implementing
Staff education and training
Content:
  • An introduction to goal-setting

  • Collaborative interdisciplinary goal-setting

  • Goal-setting and action planning

  • Motivational interviewing

  • Goal-setting measures and tools

  • Talking Mats training online

Focus of sessions:
  • The difference between goals and actions,

  • How to frame long-term and short-term goals.

  • Action plans and coping plans to achieve goals.

  • Skills to facilitate SDM

  • How teams can work together to include the client.

  • Using measurement tools and prompts

Training manual, handouts, references and PowerPoint presentations, online resources Interdisciplinary goal-setting
SDM
Specific and meaningful goal-setting
Action planning, feedback and review
Inpatient sites 1, 2, 3
Community sites 4, 5
Keyworker model and workplace instruction
Content: Workplace instruction defining role and responsibilities
The primary role of the keyworker is to orientate the client to the rehabilitation service and enhance the communication between the interdisciplinary team and the client and family prior to and following case conference meetings.
To enhance client and family involvement in goal-setting and rehabilitation Workplace instruction providing description of role and responsibilities Interdisciplinary goal-setting
SDM
Specific and meaningful goal-setting
Action planning, feedback and review
Inpatient site 2
Community site 4
Case conference restructure
Content: Background client information, current function, common goal focus, long-term hope/dream goals, client goals for the episode of care, client weekly goals, client actions, staff actions and discharge plans.
To provide a framework for meaningful interdisciplinary goal-setting and action planning Workplace instruction
Chairing guidelines
Electronic template
Interdisciplinary goal-setting
Specific and meaningful goal-setting
Action planning, feedback and review
Inpatient sites 1, 2
Communication goal and action boards
Content:
Long-term goals, goals for the episode of care, weekly/short-term goals, client actions and estimated discharge dates
To enhance client and family involvement in goal-setting and rehabilitation, to enhance the role of the nurse to support action planning Paper copy Interdisciplinary goal-setting
SDM
Action planning, feedback and review
Inpatient sites 1, 2
Client workbook
Content:
  • What is rehabilitation?

  • Why do I need rehabilitation? (fillable),

  • Who may I meet in rehabilitation?,

  • Your rehabilitation service (tailorable),

  • What is a goal?

  • How do I set a goal? (tailorable templates)

To enhance client knowledge and expectations, to provide a framework for staff to facilitate goal-setting and action planning Editable PDF, provided as hard copy to clients SDM
Specific and meaningful goal-setting
Action Planning, feedback and review
Inpatient sites 2, 3
Community sites 4, 5
Client rehabilitation flyer
Content:
  • What is rehabilitation?

  • What is a goal?

  • Who may I meet in rehabilitation? (tailorable)

  • Available facilities (tailorable)

  • What to bring (tailorable)

  • Your rehabilitation routine (tailorable)

To enhance client knowledge and expectations prior to rehabilitation admission Paper flyer A4 size SDM
Specific and meaningful goal-setting
Inpatient site 2

SDM: shared decision-making.