Barriers and facilitators to dementia care in long-term care facilities: protocol for a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Long-term care needs for people with dementia are predicted to increase due to increased life expectancy and dementia diagnoses. Most published meta- syntheses of dementia care focus on hospitals or home settings. When focusing on long-term care facilities, most reviews about dementia care only focus on a single outcome, such as feeding, behavioural symptoms management, palliative care and others, which is limited. The present study aims to synthesise qualitative data and examine barriers and facilitators to caring for people with dementia in long-term care facilities.

Methods and analysis

This is the protocol for our systematic review and meta-synthesis, which describes the design of this study, and we plan to complete the study from October 2023 to November 20

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10626821 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature