Hoarding Behavior in the Elderly: A Comparison between Community-Dwelling Persons and Nursing Home Residents

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-306

  Marx, Marcia S ^a   Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b  

^a Research Institute   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dwelling senior day care participants; Hoarding behavior; Nursing home residents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AGITATION; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY CARE; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HALLUCINATION; HOARDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PARANOIA; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APPETITE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAY CARE; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HALLUCINATIONS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0346880228     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610203009542     Document Type: Review

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