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Vital Involvement Practice: strengths as more than tools for solving problems.

Helen Q Kivnick1, Sharon A Stoffel

  • 1University of Minnesota, School of Social Work, 105 Peters Hall, 1404 Gortner Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA. hkivnick@tc.umn.edu

Journal of Gerontological Social Work
|December 22, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Vital Involvement Practice (VIP) is a strength-based clinical approach that helps frail elders enhance vitality and quality of life by identifying individual and environmental strengths alongside deficits. This method promotes active engagement and well-being in later life.

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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Occupational Therapy

Background:

  • Traditional geriatric practice often focuses on deficits.
  • There is a need for strength-based approaches in elder care.
  • Enhancing vitality and quality of life for elders is a key goal.

Observation:

  • The Vital Involvement Practice (VIP) is a novel strength-based approach.
  • VIP systematically identifies individual and environmental strengths.
  • It considers these strengths alongside deficits in clinical practice.

Findings:

  • VIP utilizes unique data-gathering tools like the Occupational Profile and Life Strengths Interview Guide.
  • A structured process (Domain Scan, Domain Goals, Life Plan/Strategy) is used to formulate action strategies.

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  • Pilot work demonstrated VIP's applicability across diverse elder care settings.

    • Implications:

    • VIP offers a promising framework for improving elder vitality and quality of life.
    • The approach can be integrated into various clinical and community settings.
    • Further research is warranted to explore VIP's long-term impact and efficacy.