Analysing Long-Term Care for Rural Older Adults: A Bibliometric Synthesis: Review Article.
The ageing population is a complex demographic process, and its implications for care have become a major global social issue. As the needs for care increase and grow longer in time, the challenges facing protection systems intensify. Living in rural areas is often an added difficulty in the access...
| Published in: | Ageing International Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 1 - 23 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Jun2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=184535405&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 184535405 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01635158 DUS jtl: Ageing International issn: 01635158 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2025 vid: 50 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 184535405 10.1007/s12126-025-09595-y 184535405 ppf: 1 ppct: 22 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Analysing Long-Term Care for Rural Older Adults: A Bibliometric Synthesis: Review Article. aug: au: Acero, Álvaro Elices Prieto-Lobato, Juan María Rodríguez-Sumaza, Carmen affil: https://ror.org/01fvbaw18 Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain sug: ab: The ageing population is a complex demographic process, and its implications for care have become a major global social issue. As the needs for care increase and grow longer in time, the challenges facing protection systems intensify. Living in rural areas is often an added difficulty in the access of older adults to care services. At this crossroads, the role of science is essential to articulate innovative, effective, and sustainable responses, from the approach of evidence-based practice. To undertake a review of the literature on long-term care for older adults living in rural areas, a bibliometric analysis (using VOSviewer and CiteSpace software) and a thematic synthesis have been conducted on 372 scientific articles. A growing interest in research on the subject is identified through the progressive increase in the number of publications. The study also reveals an evolution of scientific interest going from care that is biomedical in nature, centred in situations of dependency, to approaches inspired by person-centred care, focused on promoting autonomy. It is also noted that international collaborations are limited and studies do not often analyse the gender issue, which is key in both formal and informal care systems. This study aims to be a reference work for researchers, academics, practitioners and policymakers by offering a broad analysis of the state of the science on its subject. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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