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Objective: The objective of this review is to synthesize systematic reviews on the effectiveness of home visit nursing for improving patient-related outcomes in older people., Introduction: Home care for older people covers a wide range of services and is provided by an array of health professionals. Reviews on the effectiveness of home care services differ in definition and scope, and the unique contribution of home visit nursing services for older people has not been clearly identified., Inclusion Criteria: This review will consider systematic reviews of quantitative studies assessing the effectiveness of home visit nursing for older people. Home visit nursing will include the provision of preventive, promotive, curative, or rehabilitative services in the home. This will be compared with usual care, alternative therapeutic interventions, or no intervention. The outcomes of interest are hospitalization, institutionalization, mortality, patient satisfaction, and quality of life. Systematic reviews with and without meta-analyses will be eligible for inclusion., Methods: This review will follow the JBI methodology. MEDLINE, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Epistemonikos, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, PROSPERO, and Grey Literature Report will be searched. The authors will hand-search reference lists of the included reviews. There will be no restrictions on the publication date or country of origin of the review. Only systematic reviews with full text published in English will be considered. Screening of articles, assessment of methodological quality, and data extraction will be performed independently by two reviewers. Quality of evidence will be assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. Data will be summarized in a narrative format with supporting tables., Scoping Review Registration: Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/3fexj)., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 JBI.)

Objectives: The objective of this review will be to identify the characteristics (eg, type, duration, and provider) of family-oriented interventions in long-term care residential settings. The authors will also identify which outcomes are reported in the literature when implementing family-oriented interventions., Introduction: An array of family-oriented interventions in long-term care residential settings exist. Given the heterogeneity of current literature, mapping characteristics and intended outcomes of family-oriented interventions is an essential step to inform how best to support families of patients in long-term care residential settings., Inclusion Criteria: This review will consider studies describing family-oriented interventions for families of elderly patients in long-term care residential settings, with no exclusion based on country, gender, or comorbidities. Interventions that address any family-related issue, such as quality of life, psychological burden, and family involvement in patient care, are eligible for inclusion. Studies will be excluded if the patients are cared for at their own homes or institutionalized care is provided on a temporary basis. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method study designs will be considered for inclusion., Methods: A scoping review will be conducted using the JBI methodological approach. Seven databases will be systematically searched: MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews including Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, OpenGrey, and the Grey Literature Report. Citations will be screened against the inclusion criteria by two reviewers independently. Relevant data will be extracted from the included studies, and will be synthesized, summarized, and reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. Findings will be published in a peer-reviewed journal., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2021 JBI.)