Dementia undiagnosed in poor older adults with functional impairment

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1771-1776

  Wilkins, Consuelo H ^a,b   Wilkins, Kenneth L ^a   Meisel, Marie ^a   Depke, Marilyn ^a   Williams, James ^a   Edwards, Dorothy F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Alzheimer' disease; Dementia; Low income

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SPOUSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 35748947731     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01417.x     Document Type: Article

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