Multidisciplinary Inpatient Community Rehabilitation Programmes for Frail Older People: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this review was to examine the evidence on multidisciplinary inpatient community rehabilitation intervention programmes for frail older people to establish what frailty rehabilitation programmes if any have been described within the literature and to identify gaps in knowledge and outcome measures used.

Design

A scoping review was conducted.

Methods

Using the Joanna Briggs Institute approach to scoping reviews, a comprehensive literature search was conducted accessing MEDLINE via PubMed, PsychINFO (via Proquest), CINAHL Complete (via EBSCO) and the Cochrane Library and a limited search of the grey literature was undertaken.

Results

Four articles met the inclusion criteria. A heterogenous approach to geriatric rehabilitation was evident across the

SUBMITTER: McDonnell M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11566915 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature