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Preventive home visits for older people
— a systematic review | | Author(s) | Andre Tourigny, Annick Bedard, Danielle Laurin |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 34, no 4, December 2015 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, December 2015 |
| Pages | pp 506-523 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Home visits [doctors] ; Home care services ; Preventative medicine ; Usage [services] ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The rising number of older people living with disabilities and chronic diseases has increased home care needs. Studies and reviews exploring preventive approaches have proliferated, creating a need for a synthesis of evidence. The authors conducted a systematic review of systematic reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive home visiting approaches for older people. Of the 5,973 citations identified in over 30 scientific and grey literature databases, 10 papers met all inclusion criteria. Systematic reviews were considered if they included controlled trials comparing interventions with and without professional home care. The authors found that interventions often included comprehensive geriatric assessments and follow-up visits. Results indicate that regular multidimensional preventive home visiting might have the potential to reduce mortality, particularly for younger subjects, and show a potential to improve functional autonomy. However, these findings should be interpreted with caution, due to the diversity of the interventions analysed. |
| Accession Number | CPA-160205232 A |
| Classmark | L5H: NH: LK2: QLD: 64A |
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