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

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Many nursing home residents do not receive timely palliative care despite their need and eligibility for such care. Screening tools as well as other methods and guidelines can facilitate early identification of nursing home residents unmet palliative care needs.

Aim

To map and summarise the evidence on identifying unmet palliative care needs of nursing home residents.

Methods

Any paper reporting on nursing home residents' unmet palliative care needs were eligible for inclusion. CINAHL, MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, APA PsycINFO, and APA PsycArticles and grey literature were systematically searched over two months, February and March 2024. Data were extracted using data extraction forms. Data were synthesised using descriptive analysis and basic content

SUBMITTER: Crowley P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11856323 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature