Figure 1
PRISMA flowchart of article screening for scoping review on the role of volunteers and third-sector organizations in supporting transitions from hospital to home.
Figure 2
Literature included in a secondary analysis of the scoping review examining the extent and nature of transitional support programs integrating volunteers and third-sector personnel. This analysis included studies involving persons living with dementia (PLWD) and other persons with cognitive impairment (PWCI).
Table 1
Ranked proportions of PLWD- or caregiver-reported dementia needs itemized by CANE, estimated by Curnow et al. [40] Data is based on 1011 PLWD and 1188 informal caregivers of PLWD from six retrieved studies.
| PLWD-REPORTED NEEDS | CAREGIVER-REPORTED NEEDS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEED | PREVALENCE | NEED | PREVALENCE | |
| 1 | Memory | 0.713 | Memory | 0.933 |
| 2 | Food | 0.706 | Household activities | 0.886 |
| 3 | Household activities | 0.677 | Money | 0.855 |
| 4 | Money | 0.566 | Food | 0.839 |
| 5 | Physical health | 0.526 | Daytime activities | 0.722 |
| 6 | Mobility and falls | 0.400 | Physical health | 0.707 |
| 7 | Daytime activities | 0.395 | Self-care | 0.637 |
| 8 | Eyesight/hearing | 0.380 | Medications | 0.531 |
| 9 | Medications | 0.371 | Mobility and falls | 0.511 |
| 10 | Company | 0.324 | Psychological distress | 0.509 |
| 11 | Psychological distress | 0.293 | Company | 0.476 |
| 12 | Self-care | 0.283 | Eyesight/hearing | 0.455 |
| 13 | Information | 0.226 | Accidental self-harm | 0.318 |
| 14 | Benefits | 0.153 | Continence | 0.287 |
| 15 | Continence | 0.150 | Information | 0.256 |
| 16 | Accommodation | 0.128 | Benefits | 0.183 |
| 17 | Accidental self-harm | 0.109 | Accommodation | 0.177 |
| 18 | Intimate relationships | 0.108 | Psychotic symptoms | 0.175 |
| 19 | Psychotic symptoms | 0.047 | Behaviour | 0.125 |
| 20 | Caring for another | 0.045 | Intimate relationships | 0.114 |
| 21 | Deliberate self-harm | 0.036 | Abuse/neglect | 0.063 |
| 22 | Behaviour | 0.024 | Alcohol | 0.057 |
| 23 | Abuse/neglect | 0.015 | Caring for another | 0.049 |
| 24 | Alcohol | 0.009 | Deliberate self-harm | 0.034 |