Telehealth Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Many adults older than 65 spend time in a nursing home (NH) at the end of life where specialist palliative care is limited. However, telehealth may improve access to palliative care services. A review of the literature was conducted to synthesize the evidence for telehealth palliative care in NHs to provide recommendations for practice, research, and policy.

Design

Joanna Briggs Institute guidance for scoping reviews, and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews frameworks were used to guide this literature review.

Settings and participants

Reviewed articles focused on residents in NHs with telehealth palliative care interventionists operating remotely. Participants included NH residents, care partner(

SUBMITTER: Walton L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9985816 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature