Reablement

Reablement decreases district nursing care time in humans (2 h less district nursing care per week).

“required, on average, 2 h less district nursing care per week”

Human trialn = 72

Positive changes after a reablement program for older people in the Netherlands: a mixed-methods feasibility study

BMC geriatrics·23 Apr 2026

Reablement improves performance satisfaction in humans (Δ = 3.18, 95% CI 2.71–3.64).

“greater satisfaction with their performance (COPM-S: Δ = 3.18, 95% CI 2.71–3.64)”

Human trialn = 72

Positive changes after a reablement program for older people in the Netherlands: a mixed-methods feasibility study

BMC geriatrics·23 Apr 2026

Reablement improves occupational performance in humans (Δ = 3.10, 95% CI 2.68–3.52).

“older people experienced better performance regarding their goals (COPM-P: Δ = 3.10, 95% CI 2.68–3.52)”

Human trialn = 72

Positive changes after a reablement program for older people in the Netherlands: a mixed-methods feasibility study

BMC geriatrics·23 Apr 2026

Reablement improves quality of life in humans.

“evidence trends suggest that reablement can improve ADL, IADL, and quality of life, and reduce service costs and health service use.”

Review

Mapping of Reablement Research - A Scoping Review of Reviews

Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare·1 Feb 2026

Reablement improves activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living in humans.

“evidence trends suggest that reablement can improve ADL, IADL, and quality of life, and reduce service costs and health service use.”

Review

Mapping of Reablement Research - A Scoping Review of Reviews

Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare·1 Feb 2026

Reablement improves lower limb performance in humans.

“Improvement was shown especially in lower limb performance, in which the changes between baseline and post-test were statistically significant (p < 0.05).”

Human trialfunctional declinen = 55

Effects of reablement on home-dwelling older adults' physical functioning: a quasi-experimental study in primary healthcare

Aging clinical and experimental research·23 Dec 2025

Reablement improves physical functioning in humans.

“Physical functioning improved between baseline and post-test and between baseline and six-month follow-up.”

Human trialfunctional declinesix-month follow-upn = 55

Effects of reablement on home-dwelling older adults' physical functioning: a quasi-experimental study in primary healthcare

Aging clinical and experimental research·23 Dec 2025