Assessing dementia in people with learning disabilities: The relationship between two screening measures

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-364

  Kirk, Linzi J ^a   Hick, Rachel ^b   Laraway, Alec ^a,c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lancaster Care NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c BURNLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Learning disability; Observer rated assessment; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33751001614     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629506070053     Document Type: Article

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