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We undertook a study to explore: (i) what allied health (AH) services are most important to health consumers and (ii) how health consumers expect to access these services in residential aged care (RAC) to determine consumer priorities in future AH models of care in RAC.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A mixed method study was conducted with aged care residents and community members (friends or family of residents\/people who believe they may use RAC services). The study comprised two focus\u2010group activities where participants were asked to (1) rank the AH services most important to them and then (2) categorise how they would prefer to access each AH service. Focus group members used card sort methods (Q\u2010methodology) to aid prioritisation, categorisation and discussion. Card sorting data were analysed using inverted factor analysis and descriptive statistics. Qualitative focus group data were deductively coded using a coding structure created by the research team informed by quantitative results.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Data were collected from 16 participants who formed five focus groups in a community forum. The analysis revealed three factors, that represented shared meaning amongst groups of participants (viewpoints) regarding prioritisation of AH services: \u2018Prioritising urgent needs\u2019, \u2018Prioritising long\u2010term healthy habits and lifestyle\u2019, and \u2018Prioritising social well\u2010being\u2019. Data from the card sort activity, which related to \u2018how health consumers expect to access AH services\u2019, were also categorised into three categories: \u2018It is always provided\u2019, \u2018A professional will assess my need\u2019 and \u2018I or my family will ask for this service if I need it\u2019. Participants wanted most AH services to be provided regularly, with some such as \u2018Exercise and rehabilitation\u2019 and \u2018Meaningful activity\u2019 to be provided up to one hour every day.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Consumers value a range of AH services and have an expectation that these will be provided in RAC on a regular basis. To ensure consumers make informed preferences regarding the future of services in RAC, health systems need to trial innovative AH models of care and embed consumer evaluation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/hex.70081","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,29]],"date-time":"2024-10-29T09:57:35Z","timestamp":1730195855000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Community Preferences for Allied Health Services in Residential Aged Care"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"27","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9083-7845","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Isabelle","family":"Meulenbroeks","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Institute of Health Innovation Macquarie University North Ryde New South Wales Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Magdalena Z.","family":"Raban","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Institute of Health Innovation Macquarie University North Ryde New South Wales Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Karla","family":"Seaman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Institute of Health Innovation Macquarie University North Ryde New South Wales Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kathleen","family":"Rolfe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Institute of Health Innovation Macquarie University North Ryde New South Wales Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Crisostomo","family":"Mercardo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Institute of Health Innovation Macquarie University North Ryde New South Wales Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kristiana","family":"Ludlow","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Health Services Research The University of Queensland Woolloongabba Queensland Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nasir","family":"Wabe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Institute of Health Innovation Macquarie University North Ryde New South Wales Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Johanna","family":"Westbrook","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian Institute of Health Innovation Macquarie University North Ryde New South Wales Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","volume-title":"Successful Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Beginners","author":"Clarke V.","year":"2013"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1071\/AH090027"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","unstructured":"Department of Health 2020 Aged Care Workforce Census Report(Canberra Australia: Australian Government 2020) http:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2021\/10\/2020-aged-care-workforce-census.pdf."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_5_1","unstructured":"Stewart Brown 2020 Allied Health Deep Dive Survey(Sydney Australia: StewartBrown 2020) http:\/\/www.stewartbrown.com.au\/images\/documents\/StewartBrown_Allied_Health_Deep_Dive_Survey__Feb_2021.pdf."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12877-022-03386-9"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_7_1","unstructured":"Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.Final Report: Care Dignity and Respect(Canberra Australia: Australian Government 2021) http:\/\/agedcare.royalcommission.gov.au\/publications\/final-report."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_8_1","unstructured":"Department of Health and Aged Care What We're Doing to Reform Aged Care(Canberra Australia: Australian Government 2023) http:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/our-work\/aged-care-reforms\/what-were-doing."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_9_1","unstructured":"J. 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