Caregiver Attitudes, Motivations and Care Quality in Residential Memory Care: a Scoping Review Protocol

The motivations and attitudes of caregivers strongly influence the care they provide. Motivation is also a central component in staff retention and care consistency, whereas attitude shapes delivery and degree of person-centeredness in care. Although caregiver attitudes and motivations have been examined separately in dementia care research, these constructs have not been comprehensively mapped together within residential memory care settings or explicitly linked to care quality.

This review aims to assess literature pertaining to attitudes and motivations of formal caregivers in residential dementia care facilities and to examine how these constructs are associated with care quality. This review seeks to generate practical insights to inform workforce training and recruitment strategies to support high-quality, person-centered dementia care.

Literature focused on the attitudes and motivations of formally employed caregivers providing care to residents in a residential memory care setting. Studies published of any design, from any year, country, or language will be considered.

This scoping review will follow the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) method. A comprehensive search will be conducted across major health, social science, and interdisciplinary databases, along with grey literature sources. Data will be extracted according to a JBI template informed by three theoretical frameworks: the Tripartite Model of Attitudes, the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis, and Person-Centered Care. Results will be reported in accordance with the PRISMA-ScR guidelines.

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