Day centres for older people: a systematically conducted scoping review of literature about their benefits, purposes and how they are perceived

This article reports the findings of a scoping review by the Social Care Workforce Research Unit in The Policy Institute at King’s College London, of United Kingdom (UK) and non-UK literature, published in English from 2005 to 2017, about day centres for older people without dementia and highlights the gaps in evidence.

It found that there are considerable evidence gaps about how day centres are perceived, their outcomes, what they offer, to whom and their wider stakeholders, including family carers, volunteers, staff and professionals who are funding, recommending or referring older people to them.