Barriers and Facilitators to Formal Dementia Care Use Among UK South Asians: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This qualitative systematic review aims to identify, analyse and discuss barriers and facilitators to formal dementia services for South Asians in the UK with dementia. South Asian individuals in the UK are more likely to face a dementia diagnosis than the White British demographic; a trend which is expected to grow over the following decades. Despite this greater need for support, the UK South Asian demographic is less likely to access formal dementia services.

Methods

MODEM, Web of Science, PubMed, CINAHL via EBSCO, The Cochrane Library, and Scopus were searched (22nd July 2025) using a SPIDER search strategy and included studies' bibliographies were checked, in addition to existing review literature. Data on included studies was extracted using an adapted Cochr

SUBMITTER: Chaib D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12739084 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature