Stability of home-based care arrangements for people living with dementia: protocol of a meta-study on mixed research.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Worldwide, most people with dementia live at home and are cared for by informal carers. During the dementia care trajectory, creating and maintaining a stable care situation is a guiding principle of informal carers and a desirable outcome of contemporary healthcare policies. However, though there is an extensive body of research focusing on the course of dementia care trajectories, it remains unclear how stability of home-based care arrangements is constituted and what are the essential factors that influence this stability. This paper outlines a protocol of a systematic review that aims to address these gaps in knowledge.

Methods and analysis

To theorise the complex phenomenon of stability of home-based care arrangements for people with dementia, we will condu

SUBMITTER: Dreyer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067342 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature