Rehabilitation in primary care for an ageing population: a secondary analysis from a scoping review of rehabilitation delivery models.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The world population is ageing rapidly. Rehabilitation is one of the most effective health strategies for improving the health and functioning of older persons. An understanding of the current provision of rehabilitation services in primary care (PC) is needed to optimise access to rehabilitation for an ageing population. The objectives of this scoping review are a) to describe how rehabilitation services are currently offered in PC to older persons, and b) to explore age-related differences in the type of rehabilitation services provided.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of a scoping review examining rehabilitation models for older persons, with a focus on PC. Medline and Embase (2015-2022) were searched to identify studies published in English on rehabi

SUBMITTER: Seijas V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804573 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature