Describing Differences Among Recent Immigrants and Long-Standing Residents Waiting for Long-Term Care: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of Loneliness amongst Older Adults: A Qualitative Study

“…Nevertheless, the discomfort and the measures taken to fight loneliness are, to a great extent, determined by the decision-making process of the older adults [58,59], hence why some of the participants referred to health conditions or the circumstances of family members as being deciding factors in older adults, leading older adults to suffer imposed loneliness [56,58,60]. This also occurs when their economic resources are limited and they are not able to access professional care to mitigate loneliness [56,58,61], as well as when there is a lack of availability in care homes [62].…”

Access to Long-Term Care for Minority Populations: A Systematic Review

“…We screened 191 studies at the full-text stage and selected 59 studies for inclusion. Of the 60 studies, 42 were conducted in the United States (Ahmed, Ali, Lefante, Mullick, & Kinney, 2006; Ahmed, Allman, & DeLong, 2003; Akamigbo, 2007; Akamigbo & Wolinsky, 2006, 2007; Andel, Hyer, & Slack, 2007; Angel, Angel, Aranda, & Miles, 2004; Angel, Douglas, & Angel, 2003; Angelelli, Grabowski, & Mor, 2006; Aykan, 2002; Baxter, Bryant, Scarbro, & Shetterly, 2001; Berridge & Mor, 2017; Cai, Salmon, & Rodgers, 2009; Duffy, Jackson, Schim, Ronis, & Fowler, 2006; Feng, Fennell, Tyler, Clark, & Mor, 2011; Friedman, Steinwachs, Rathouz, Burton, & Mukamel, 2005; Gandhi, Lim, Davis, & Chen, 2017; Gaugler, Kane, Kane, & Newcomer, 2006; Gaugler, Leach, Clay, & Newcomer, 2004; Goodwin, Howrey, Zhang, & Kuo, 2011; Harris, 2007; Harris & Cooper, 2006; Iwasaki, Pierson, Madison, & McCurry, 2016; Jackson, Johnson, & Roberts, 2008; Jang, Kim, Chiriboga, & Cho, 2008; Kersting, 2001a,b; Liu, Wissoker, & Swett, 2007; McCormick et al, 2002; McLaughlin, Elahi, Ciesielski, & Pomerantz, 2016; Miller, Schneider, & Rosenheck, 2011; Min, 2005; Putney, Keary, Hebert, Krinsky, & Halmo, 2018; Quigley, 2017; Riley, 2019; Rodriguez, 2004; Sharma, 2017; Spillman & Long, 2009; Stein, Beckerman, & Sherman, 2010; Stevens et al, 2004; Temple, Andel, & Dobbs, 2010; Yaffe et al, 2002), seven in Canada (Brotman, Ryan, & Cormier, 2003; Forgues, Doucet, & Noël, 2011; Gui & Koropeckyj-Cox, 2016; Kortes-Miller, Boulé, Wilson, & Stinchcombe, 2018; Lai, 2004; Metz, 2007; Qureshi et al, 2021), three in Norway (Arora, Rechel, Bergland, Straiton, & Debesay, 2020; Czapka & Sagbakken, 2020; Hanssen & Tran, 2018), two in Australia (Basic, Shanley, & Gonzales, 2017; Waling et al, 2019), two in Sweden (Heikkilä & Ekman, 2003; Innes, 2020), and one each in Belgium (Ahaddour, van den Branden, & Broeckaert, 2016…”

“…Of the 60 studies, 33 studies were rated as being of excellent quality (Akamigbo, 2007; Akamigbo & Wolinsky, 2006, 2007; Arora et al, 2020; Basic et al, 2017; Berridge & Mor, 2017; Brotman et al, 2003; Cai et al, 2009; Chui et al, 2019; Chung et al, 2008; Czapka & Sagbakken, 2020; Friedman et al, 2005; Gandhi et al, 2017; Gaugler et al, 2006; Gui & Koropeckyj-Cox, 2016; Harris, 2007; Harris & Cooper, 2006; Heikkilä & Ekman, 2003; Liu et al, 2007; McCormick et al, 2002; Metz, 2007; Miller et al, 2011; Min, 2005; Putney et al, 2018; Quigley, 2017; Qureshi et al, 2021; Riley, 2019; Rodriguez, 2004; Sharma, 2017; Spillman & Long, 2009; Stein et al, 2010; Stevens et al, 2004; Yaffe et al, 2002), 22 were rated good quality (Ahmed et al, 2003, 2006; Andel et al, 2007; Angel et al, 2003, 2004; Aykan, 2002; Forgues et al, 2011; Gaugler et al, 2004; Goodwin et al, 2011; Hanssen & Tran, 2018; Herat-Gunaratne et al, 2020; Iwasaki et al, 2016; Jackson et al, 2008; Jenkins Morales & Robert, 2020; Kersting, 2001a,b; Kortes-Miller et al, 2018; Lai, 2004; McLaughlin et al, 2016; Tenand et al, 2020; Travers, Hirschman, & Naylor, 2020; Waling et al, 2019), and 5 were rated fair quality (Appendix 6) (Ahaddour et al, 2016; Innes, 2020; Jang et al, 2008; Lehnert, Heuchert, Hussain, & König, 2019; Mahieu, Cavolo, & Gastmans, 2019).…”

“…Twenty-eight studies reported the influence of minority status on long-term care admission (Ahmed et al, 2003, 2006; Akamigbo, 2007; Akamigbo & Wolinsky, 2006, 2007; Andel et al, 2007; Angel et al, 2003, 2004; Aykan, 2002; Berridge & Mor, 2017; Cai et al, 2009; Friedman et al, 2005; Gandhi et al, 2017; Gaugler et al, 2004, 2006; Goodwin et al, 2011; Harris, 2007; Harris & Cooper, 2006; Jenkins Morales & Robert, 2020; Kersting, 2001a,b; Liu et al, 2007; Miller et al, 2011; Qureshi et al, 2021; Sharma, 2017; Spillman & Long, 2009; Stevens et al, 2004; Yaffe et al, 2002). All studies were conducted in the United States.…”

“…One study compared recent immigrants to long-standing residents and found that being a recent immigrant or waiting for a cultural or an ethnic-specific home increases wait-time for long-term care placement (Qureshi et al, 2021).…”