Strategies to Improve Environmental Comfort of Institutionalized Older Adults: A Scoping Review
The demographic trends of an aging global population present significant challenges and opportunities for healthcare, particularly in providing optimal care environments for older adults living in long-term care facilities, with it being imperative to ensure these environments provide basic care and...
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| author | Catarina Lobão Adriana Coelho Rocío Gil Gutiérrez Inês Marçal Madalena Antunes Vítor Parola |
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| description | The demographic trends of an aging global population present significant challenges and opportunities for healthcare, particularly in providing optimal care environments for older adults living in long-term care facilities, with it being imperative to ensure these environments provide basic care and promote overall well-being through enhanced environmental comfort. This scoping review intends to show evidence-based practices enhancing the environmental comfort of institutionalized older people. Following the Joanna Briggs Institute’s methodology, this scoping review’s inclusion criteria included studies in English, Portuguese, or Spanish between 2013 and 2023, focused on institutionalized people over the age of 65 years residing in long-term care settings where nurses implemented strategies or interventions designed to enhance environmental comfort in which older residents themselves directly evaluated, indexed in Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, DART-Europe, or Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP). Out of 497 initially retrieved studies, none of them met the established criteria, leading this study to be an empty review. The absence of studies meeting the inclusion criteria indicates a significant gap in the existing literature, highlighting the need for specialized training programs that equip nurses with the skills and knowledge to implement effective comfort-enhancing interventions, ensuring that the unique and challenging needs of older people are covered. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-879022ca61694d8ba2d5454d1aa95bf52025-08-20T02:53:41ZengMDPI AGJournal of Ageing and Longevity2673-92592024-11-014432834210.3390/jal4040024Strategies to Improve Environmental Comfort of Institutionalized Older Adults: A Scoping ReviewCatarina Lobão0Adriana Coelho1Rocío Gil Gutiérrez2Inês Marçal3Madalena Antunes4Vítor Parola5Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalDepartment of Nursing, University of Granada, 18016 Granada, SpainNursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalNursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, PortugalThe demographic trends of an aging global population present significant challenges and opportunities for healthcare, particularly in providing optimal care environments for older adults living in long-term care facilities, with it being imperative to ensure these environments provide basic care and promote overall well-being through enhanced environmental comfort. This scoping review intends to show evidence-based practices enhancing the environmental comfort of institutionalized older people. Following the Joanna Briggs Institute’s methodology, this scoping review’s inclusion criteria included studies in English, Portuguese, or Spanish between 2013 and 2023, focused on institutionalized people over the age of 65 years residing in long-term care settings where nurses implemented strategies or interventions designed to enhance environmental comfort in which older residents themselves directly evaluated, indexed in Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, DART-Europe, or Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP). Out of 497 initially retrieved studies, none of them met the established criteria, leading this study to be an empty review. The absence of studies meeting the inclusion criteria indicates a significant gap in the existing literature, highlighting the need for specialized training programs that equip nurses with the skills and knowledge to implement effective comfort-enhancing interventions, ensuring that the unique and challenging needs of older people are covered.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9259/4/4/24agingcomfortenvironmentlong-term care settingsnursingnursing homes |
| spellingShingle | Catarina Lobão Adriana Coelho Rocío Gil Gutiérrez Inês Marçal Madalena Antunes Vítor Parola Strategies to Improve Environmental Comfort of Institutionalized Older Adults: A Scoping Review Journal of Ageing and Longevity aging comfort environment long-term care settings nursing nursing homes |
| title | Strategies to Improve Environmental Comfort of Institutionalized Older Adults: A Scoping Review |
| title_full | Strategies to Improve Environmental Comfort of Institutionalized Older Adults: A Scoping Review |
| title_fullStr | Strategies to Improve Environmental Comfort of Institutionalized Older Adults: A Scoping Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategies to Improve Environmental Comfort of Institutionalized Older Adults: A Scoping Review |
| title_short | Strategies to Improve Environmental Comfort of Institutionalized Older Adults: A Scoping Review |
| title_sort | strategies to improve environmental comfort of institutionalized older adults a scoping review |
| topic | aging comfort environment long-term care settings nursing nursing homes |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9259/4/4/24 |
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