title: Facilitators and barriers to remaining at home for people with dementia who live alone: a protocol for a systematic review of qualitative evidence.
abstract: This qualitative review aims to gain an increased understanding of the factors that support (facilitators) and challenge (barriers) people who have dementia and live alone in being able to remain living in their own homes. The review will contribute to the development of a complex intervention, inform clinical practice and influence policy development for this population.Overarching review question: what are the barriers to, and facilitators for, people with a dementia who live alone being able to remain in their own homes?
  
  
  
  1. What are the factors that support and/or challenge a person with dementia who lives alone?2. What are the barriers to, and facilitators for, people with a dementia who live alone being able to remain in their own homes from the perspective of people who have dementia and live alone?3. What are the barriers to, and facilitators for, people with dementia who live alone being able to remain in their own homes from the perspective of people who interact closely with this population, including family, and health and social care workers?
authors.affiliation: 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Plymouth University, United Kingdom 2University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, United Kingdom 3School of Health Professions, Plymouth University, United Kingdom 4Center for Health and Social Care Innovation (Plymouth University): an Affiliate Center of the Joanna Briggs Institute 5Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, South West Peninsula (PenCLARHC), The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burrows
authors.forename: Bridie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Warren
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012944:Social Support; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic