What works to support carers of older people and older carers? an international evidence map of interventions and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unpaid carers of older people, and older unpaid carers, experience a range of adverse outcomes. Supporting carers should therefore be a public health priority. Our understanding of what works to support carers could be enhanced if future evaluations prioritise under-researched interventions and outcomes. To support this, we aimed to: map evidence about interventions to support carers, and the outcomes evaluated; and identify key gaps in current evidence.

Methods

Evidence gap map review methods were used. Searches were carried out in three bibliographic databases for quantitative evaluations of carer interventions published in OECD high-income countries between 2013 and 2023. Interventions were eligible if they supported older carers (50 + years) of any aged recipi

SUBMITTER: Spiers G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10979610 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature