The evidence for services to avoid or delay residential aged care admission: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interventions that enable people to remain in their own home as they age are of interest to stakeholders, yet detailed information on effective interventions is scarce. Our objective was to systematically search and synthesise evidence for the effectiveness of community-based, aged care interventions in delaying or avoiding admission to residential aged care.

Method

Nine databases were searched from January 2000 to February 2018 for English publications. Reference lists of relevant publications were searched. The databases yielded 55,221 citations and 50 citations were gleaned from other sources. Where there was sufficient homogeneity of study design, population, intervention and measures, meta-analyses were performed. Studies were grouped by the type of intervent

SUBMITTER: Luker JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6686247 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature