Identification of unmet palliative care needs of nursing home residents: A scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nursing home residents often have life limiting illnesses in combination with multiple comorbidities, cognitive deficits, and frailty. Due to these complex characteristics, a high proportion of nursing home residents require palliative care. However, many do not receive palliative care relative to this need resulting in unmet care needs. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no literature reviews to synthesise the evidence on how nursing home staff identify unmet palliative care needs and to determine what guidelines, policies, and frameworks on identifying unmet palliative care needs of nursing home residents are available.

Aim

The aim of this scoping review is to map and summarise the evidence on identifying unmet palliative care needs of residents in

SUBMITTER: Crowley P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11309440 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature