TY - JOUR
AU1 - Scerri, Anthony
AU2 - Innes, Anthea
AU3 - Scerri, Charles
AB - What does this paper contribute to the wider global clinical community?The review shows the complexity of the challenges that exist in rehabilitating persons living with dementia.It also highlights a number of possible solutions that can be used by policymakers and healthcare organisations to change care practices and improve access and the quality of rehabilitation interventions for persons living with dementia irrespective of the care setting.The review also recommends the need to refocus research priorities on looking at the perceptions of nurses when rehabilitating persons living with dementia and how rehabilitation can support dementia symptoms irrespective of other co‐morbidities.INTRODUCTIONIt was estimated that in 2019, there were 57.4 million persons living with dementia globally and the number is expected to increase to almost 153 million by the year 2050 (Nichols et al., 2022). Dementia is the seventh major cause of mortality and is now being recognised as one of the leading causes of disability in old age (World Health Organization, 2012). Academic discourse has long been debating the need of positioning persons with dementia and who cares for them, as part of the social disability movement (Gilliard et al., 2005) and identifying ‘dementia’ as a ‘disability’ (Thomas & Milligan, 2018). From a policy perspective, national 
TI - Healthcare professionals' perceived challenges and solutions when providing rehabilitation to persons living with dementia—A scoping review
JF - Journal of Clinical Nursing
DO - 10.1111/jocn.16635
DA - 2023-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/healthcare-professionals-perceived-challenges-and-solutions-when-oR4OBGoCbK
SP - 5493
EP - 5513
VL - 32
IS - 17-18
DP - DeepDyve
ER -