Objectives: The purpose of this review was to determine the influence of the growing body of evidence about the attributes of high-performing primary care systems on the literature related to the primary care of people living with dementia.
Methods: In this integrative review, we examined a broad range of published and grey literature (2000-2013) about the primary care of dementia, using a systematic approach set up in advance of the literature search. The review was guided by two questions: What are the evident models of primary care for dementia? How do the models line up with the other attributes of high-performing primary care?
Results: Three models were noted: carved-out, co-managed, and integrative-hub, all informed by different assumptions about the role of primary care in dementia.