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Specialist nursing and community support for the carers of people with dementia living at home: An evidence synthesis

Findings
  • Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Scientific Abstract
    PubMed
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2012
  • Year Published
    2015
  • Quality Rating
    7/9
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    United Kingdom (18); Australia (2); Ghana (2); Belgium (1); Canada (1); France (1); Netherlands (1); United States (1); Viet Nam (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    Not applicable
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Evidence syntheses of effects
  • Type of question
    Many
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Priority Area
    Not applicable
  • Health system topic(s)
    Governance arrangements
    Professional authority
    Scope of practice
    Delivery arrangements
    By whom care is provided
    Workplace conditions - Provider satisfaction
    Staff - Training
    Staff - Support
    Implementation strategies
    Provider-targeted strategy
    Educational outreach visit
    Tailored intervention
  • Theme
  • Domain
    Sectors
    Home and community care
    Long-term care
    Providers
    Nurses
    Lay/community health workers
Publication details
  • Citation
    Bunn F, Goodman C, Pinkney E, Drennan VM. Specialist nursing and community support for the carers of people with dementia living at home: An evidence synthesis. Health and Social Care in the Community. 2015.
  • DOI
    10.1111/hsc.12189

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