Table 4 Overview of influencing aspects: professional perspective vs. people with dementia and their carers
From: The use of formal care for dementia from a professional perspective: a scoping review
Global themes and subthemes | Professionals | People with dementia/ informal carer [7] | |
|---|---|---|---|
Aspects related to the individuals involved | |||
People with dementia and their informal carers | |||
  Ethnicity | X | X | |
  Region of residence | X | X | |
  Attitudes, expectations and experiences towards formal care and dementia | X | X | |
  Family situation and social background | X | X | |
  Sociodemographic characteristics of people with dementia |  | X | |
  Psychosocial aspects |  | X | |
  Strategies to facilitate the use of services |  | X | |
  Educational level of informal carers and people with dementia |  | X | |
Professionals | |||
  Competence of the professionals | X | X | |
  Time resources of physicians | X |  | |
  Perceptions and attitudes of the healthcare professionals | X |  | |
Professionals, people with dementia and their informal carers | |||
  Relationship between professionals and people with dementia and their family | X | X | |
Aspects related to the health and social care systems | |||
  Structures and complexity of the healthcare system | X | X | |
  Financial aspects of the healthcare system | X | X | |
  Multi-professional and interdisciplinary cooperation between institutions, service providers and professionals | X |  | |
  Coordinating care by persons or institutions | X | X | |
Overarching aspects | |||
  Information about dementia and support services | X |  | |
  Stigmatization and public awareness | X | X | |
  Early planning of formal care | X |  | |