Gavarskhar Fatemeh, Gharibi Farid, Dadgar Elham
MSc & MPH in Gerontology, Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
PhD in Health Services Management, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran, Email:
Malays Fam Physician. 2022 May 15;17(2):22-37. doi: 10.51866/rv1221. eCollection 2022 Jul 24.
With an increasing life expectancy and proportion of older adults, the number of people in need of care services is also increasing. This study aimed to determine and describe various available care services for older persons reported in literature.
English-language articles published between the years of 1990 and 2018 in Scopus, ProQuest, PubMed, and Google Scholar databases or search engines were reviewed. The search resulted in 46,927 articles. All selected studies were systematically evaluated and screened based on title, abstract, and full text related to the study's objective. Finally, 246 articles were included in the study. The care services in older persons care systems were identified from the selected articles and were presented in extraction tables. Final conclusions were made based on the types of services provided and their frequency of citation.
The research results showed that numerous systems exist to provide care services for older adults, including long-term care services, home care services, housing for the aged, day care centres, senior centres, nursing homes, and hospice care services. Regarding older adults' care needs and the objectives and missions of each care system, different care services, such as personal care, social support services, medical care services, and nutrition services, have been identified in the service packages.
This study describes the diverse care services available for older persons that have been reported in the literature. Further research in different healthcare systems is required regarding what is most essential and lacking in each setting.
随着预期寿命的延长和老年人比例的增加,需要护理服务的人数也在增加。本研究旨在确定和描述文献中报道的各种针对老年人的可用护理服务。
对1990年至2018年间在Scopus、ProQuest、PubMed和谷歌学术数据库或搜索引擎上发表的英文文章进行了综述。搜索结果为46927篇文章。所有选定的研究都根据与研究目标相关的标题、摘要和全文进行了系统评估和筛选。最后,246篇文章被纳入研究。从选定的文章中确定了老年人护理系统中的护理服务,并在提取表中列出。根据提供的服务类型及其被引用的频率得出最终结论。
研究结果表明,存在许多为老年人提供护理服务的系统,包括长期护理服务、家庭护理服务、老年住房、日托中心、老年中心、养老院和临终关怀服务。关于老年人的护理需求以及每个护理系统的目标和使命,在服务包中确定了不同的护理服务,如个人护理、社会支持服务、医疗护理服务和营养服务。
本研究描述了文献中报道的针对老年人的各种护理服务。需要在不同的医疗保健系统中进一步研究每个环境中最重要和最缺乏的是什么。