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Table 3 Overview of the access to and use of formal care services

From: The use of formal care for dementia from a professional perspective: a scoping review

Global themes and subthemes

References

Aspects related to the individuals involved

People with dementia and their informal carers

  Ethnicity

[28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 41, 42]

  Region of residence

[16, 21, 23, 26, 29, 32, 33]

  Attitudes, expectations and experiences towards formal care and dementia

[6, 20, 21, 30, 34, 35, 37, 38, 42]

  Family situation and social background

[6, 18, 21, 30, 32, 35, 36]

Professionals

  Competence of the professionals

[6, 17,18,19,20, 24, 29, 30, 32, 34,35,36,37, 39, 42, 43]

  Time resources of physicians

[17, 18, 24, 32]

  Perceptions and attitudes of the healthcare professionals

[6, 21, 27, 30, 35]

Professionals, people with dementia and their informal carers

  Relationship between professionals and people with dementia and their family

[6, 24, 27, 29, 32, 35]

Aspects related to the health- and social care systems

  Structures and complexity of the healthcare system

[6, 16,17,18, 20, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 34,35,36]

  Financial aspects of the healthcare system

[17, 21, 29, 31, 32, 35]

  Multi-professional and interdisciplinary cooperation between institutions, service providers and professionals

[18, 21, 23,24,25, 29, 30, 35, 43]

  Coordinating care by persons or institutions

[6, 16, 22, 24, 28, 29, 31, 32, 35, 40]

Overarching aspects

  Information about dementia and support services

[6, 29,30,31,32,33, 36, 42]

  Stigmatization and public awareness

[6, 20, 26, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41]

  Early planning of formal care

[6, 20, 26, 35]