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. 2022 Sep;57(5):800-818.
doi: 10.1111/nuf.12768. Epub 2022 Jul 10.

Family-oriented interventions in long-term care residential facilities for older people: A scoping review of the characteristics and outcomes

Sameh Eltaybani  1 , Taisuke Yasaka  1 , Chie Fukui  1 , Asa Inagaki  1 , Manami Takaoka  1 , Haruno Suzuki  1 , Miyuki Maruyama  1 , Ayumi Igarashi  1 , Maiko Noguchi-Watanabe  1   2 , Mariko Sakka  1 , Carolina Weller  3 , Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani  1
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Family-oriented interventions in long-term care residential facilities for older people: A scoping review of the characteristics and outcomes

Sameh Eltaybani et al. Nurs Forum. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Introduction: Family-oriented interventions in long-term care (LTC) residential facilities are heterogenous in design, characteristics, and outcomes.

Objectives: To synthesize characteristics (e.g., type, provider, and duration) and outcomes of family-oriented interventions in LTC residential facilities.

Methods: We followed the JBI methodology and searched seven databases for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method studies that reported family-oriented interventions in LTC residential settings for older people; defined in this review as ≥60 years. Interventions that included residents, resident families, health professionals, or any combinations of these three were included if the study reported post-intervention assessment of at least one family-related outcome.

Results: Thirteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Interventions were found to be multifaceted, and education was the most common element. Nurses were the most common intervenors, and most interventions had more than one target (residents, resident families, or staff). Most outcomes were related to family involvement, satisfaction with care, quality of life, communication, symptom management, and shared decision making, and none of the studies reported a negative impact.

Conclusions: Family-oriented interventions were associated with high care quality and better resident-staff-family partnership. Staff education and staff-family conversation are relatively cheap interventions to help family involvement, facilitate shared decision-making, and improve family satisfaction.

Keywords: aged; family therapy; family-centered care; nursing homes; residential care.

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