Specialist nursing and community support for the carers of people with dementia living at home: An evidence synthesis

Findings

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Evidence Summary
Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2012
Year Published

2015
Quality Rating

7/9 (AMSTAR rating from Program in Policy Decision-making)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

UK (18); Not reported (15); Australia (2); Germany (2); Belgium (1); Canada (1); France (1); Netherlands (1); UK (Scotland) (1); USA (1)
Global/regional focus

Not yet available
Country focus

UK (18); Not reported (15); Australia (2); Germany (2); Belgium (1); Canada (1); France (1); Netherlands (1); UK (Scotland) (1); USA (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review of effects
Type of question

Many
Focus

Specific
Target

Health system
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Governance arrangements
Professional authority
Scope of practice
Delivery arrangements
By whom care is provided
Workplace conditions - Provider satisfaction
Staff - Training
Staff - Support
Implementation strategies
Provider-targeted strategy
Educational outreach visit
Tailored intervention
Theme
Domain

Diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Alzheimer and other dementias
Sectors
Home care
Long-term care
Providers
Nurse
Lay/community health worker

Publication details

Citation

Bunn F, Goodman C, Pinkney E, Drennan VM. Specialist nursing and community support for the carers of people with dementia living at home: An evidence synthesis. Health and Social Care in the Community. 2015.
DOI

10.1111/hsc.12189

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