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ArticleMalaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia2022

Care services for older persons: A scoping review.

Fatemeh Gavarskhar, Farid Gharibi, Elham Dadgar

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Article in Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. The Impact of Hospice Care on the Prognosis, Quality of Life, and Emotional Well-being of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association · 2025
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  3. In-home respite care in dementia: An evolutionary concept analysis.International journal of nursing sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Fatemeh GavarskharMSc & MPH in Gerontology, Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Farid GharibiPhD in Health Services Management, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran, Email: gharibihsa@gmail.com.
Elham DadgarPhD in Health Services Management, Aligoudarz Faculty of Medical Science, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoramabad, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: 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. Methods: 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. Results: 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. Conclusion: 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.

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Health systemOlder persons careService package

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PMID35950004
PMCPMC9357416

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