Challenges and care strategies associated with the admission to nursing homes in Germany: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The admission to a nursing home is a critical life-event for affected persons as well as their families. Admission related processes are lacking adequate participation of older people and their families. To improve transitions to nursing homes, context- and country-specific knowledge about the current practice is needed. Hence, our aim was to summarize available evidence on challenges and care strategies associated with the admission to nursing homes in Germany.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review and searched eight major international and German-specific electronic databases for journal articles and grey literature published in German or English language since 1995. Further inclusion criteria were focus on challenges or care strategies in the context of nursing

SUBMITTER: Skudlik S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9814362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature