Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review.
<h4>Background and objectives</h4>People living with dementia deserve to experience the benefits of receiving palliative care and end-of-life services and supports, yet they often do not receive this care compared to those with other terminal diseases. People living with dementia in rura...
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| author | Valerie Elliot Debra Morgan Julie Kosteniuk Melanie Bayly Amanda Froehlich Chow Allison Cammer Megan E O'Connell |
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| description | <h4>Background and objectives</h4>People living with dementia deserve to experience the benefits of receiving palliative care and end-of-life services and supports, yet they often do not receive this care compared to those with other terminal diseases. People living with dementia in rural areas often face additional challenges to accessing such care. The purpose of this scoping review was to systematically review and synthesize the literature on palliative and end-of-life care for people with dementia living in rural areas, and to identify and describe key findings and gaps in the literature.<h4>Methods</h4>A collaborative research team approach was used in an iterative process across all stages of this review. Systematic, comprehensive searches were conducted across ten databases and eight targeted websites for relevant peer-reviewed, original research and other less formal literature, published in English, which yielded a total of 4476 results. After duplicate removal, screening, and review, 24 items were included for synthesis.<h4>Results</h4>All items were described and illustrated by frequency distribution, findings were grouped thematically, and five key themes emerged, including: 1) Knowledge about dementia, 2) Availability, accessibility, and utilization of palliative and end-of-life care services and supports, 3) Decision-making about care, the value of a person-centered approach and collaborative support, 4) Perspectives on artificial nutrition, hydration, and comfort care, and 5) Quality of life and death. The main gap identified was literature pertaining to rural populations, especially from locations other than the United States. The influence of rurality on relevant findings was mixed across rural-urban comparison studies, as was the effect of sex and gender across the literature.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Several areas were highlighted including the importance of increasing knowledge about dementia, having early conversations about advanced care and treatment options, providing a person-centered approach, and the potential for using technology to address rural access issues. These findings can be used to inform future research and policy and the development of services, supports, and strategies for rural people living with dementia. Further research is recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1eddd4bb70274f9da42a8169295d39502025-02-05T05:33:00ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-01161e024497610.1371/journal.pone.0244976Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review.Valerie ElliotDebra MorganJulie KosteniukMelanie BaylyAmanda Froehlich ChowAllison CammerMegan E O'Connell<h4>Background and objectives</h4>People living with dementia deserve to experience the benefits of receiving palliative care and end-of-life services and supports, yet they often do not receive this care compared to those with other terminal diseases. People living with dementia in rural areas often face additional challenges to accessing such care. The purpose of this scoping review was to systematically review and synthesize the literature on palliative and end-of-life care for people with dementia living in rural areas, and to identify and describe key findings and gaps in the literature.<h4>Methods</h4>A collaborative research team approach was used in an iterative process across all stages of this review. Systematic, comprehensive searches were conducted across ten databases and eight targeted websites for relevant peer-reviewed, original research and other less formal literature, published in English, which yielded a total of 4476 results. After duplicate removal, screening, and review, 24 items were included for synthesis.<h4>Results</h4>All items were described and illustrated by frequency distribution, findings were grouped thematically, and five key themes emerged, including: 1) Knowledge about dementia, 2) Availability, accessibility, and utilization of palliative and end-of-life care services and supports, 3) Decision-making about care, the value of a person-centered approach and collaborative support, 4) Perspectives on artificial nutrition, hydration, and comfort care, and 5) Quality of life and death. The main gap identified was literature pertaining to rural populations, especially from locations other than the United States. The influence of rurality on relevant findings was mixed across rural-urban comparison studies, as was the effect of sex and gender across the literature.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Several areas were highlighted including the importance of increasing knowledge about dementia, having early conversations about advanced care and treatment options, providing a person-centered approach, and the potential for using technology to address rural access issues. These findings can be used to inform future research and policy and the development of services, supports, and strategies for rural people living with dementia. Further research is recommended.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0244976&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Valerie Elliot Debra Morgan Julie Kosteniuk Melanie Bayly Amanda Froehlich Chow Allison Cammer Megan E O'Connell Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review. PLoS ONE |
| title | Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review. |
| title_full | Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review. |
| title_fullStr | Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review. |
| title_short | Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review. |
| title_sort | palliative and end of life care for people living with dementia in rural areas a scoping review |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0244976&type=printable |
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