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Community-based palliative care initiatives for older adults are predominantly home-based and multidisciplinary, with successful implementation depending on alignment with patient needs, organizational readiness, and cross-sector coordination. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This review aimed to synthesize community-based palliative care initiatives for older adults, identifying key components and factors for successful delivery.

May 20, 2026BMC Palliative CareOpen Access

How community-based palliative care is delivered for older adults: a scoping review

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ZXZhishan XieJilin University of Finance and Economics YDYunyun DaiGuilin Medical University JMJudy MullanUniversity of Wollongong

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Scoping review maps delivery models and success factors for community-based palliative care in older adults, suggesting improvements are needed.

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This review aimed to synthesize community-based palliative care initiatives for older adults, identifying key components and factors for successful delivery.
Conducted a scoping review across multiple databases including PubMed and Embase from 2005 to 2025
Summarized key components using descriptive analysis and coded implementation strategies with the ERIC taxonomy
Analyzed determinants of implementation guided by the CFIR framework.
Identified 17 community-based palliative care initiatives encompassing 56,581 older adults
Most initiatives were home-based, multidisciplinary, focusing on symptom management and care coordination
Challenges included limited integration across settings and variability in staff training.

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Xie et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0d4fa9f03e14405aa9afc5 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-026-02144-7

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Scoping review maps delivery models and success factors for community-based palliative care in older adults, suggesting improvements are needed.

How community-based palliative care is delivered for older adults: a scoping review

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How community-based palliative care is delivered for older adults: a scoping review

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