The prevalence of dementia in a statewide sample of new nursing home admissions aged 65 and older: Diagnosis by expert panel

Gerontologist

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 663-672

  Magaziner, Jay ^a   German, Pearl ^b   Zimmerman, Sheryl Itkin ^c   Hebel, J Richard ^a   Burton, Lynda ^b   Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^a   May, Conrad ^a   Kittner, Steven ^a,d   Cody, Mary ^d   Fishman, Paul ^d   Hilt, Dana ^e   Hooper, Frank ^d   Kaup, Bruce ^d   Loreck, David ^d   Rosario, Joana ^d   Taler, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Guilford Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Long term care; Mental morbidity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034538156     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/40.6.663     Document Type: Article

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