Factors influencing sustainability and scale-up of rural primary healthcare memory clinics: perspectives of clinic team members.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aging of rural populations contributes to growing numbers of people with dementia in rural areas. Despite the key role of primary healthcare in rural settings there is limited research on effective models for dementia care, or evidence on sustaining and scaling them. The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing sustainability and scale-up of rural primary care based memory clinics from the perspective of healthcare providers involved in their design and delivery.

Methods

Participants were members of four interdisciplinary rural memory clinic teams in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A qualitative cross-sectional and retrospective study design was conducted. Data were collected via 6 focus groups (n = 40) and 16 workgroup meetings held wi

SUBMITTER: Morgan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8814777 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature