Comparing psychogeriatric units to ordinary long-term care units - Are there differences in case-mix or clinical symptoms?

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-38

  Saarela, Tuula M ^a   Finne Soveri, Harriet ^a   Liedenpohja, Anna Maija ^a   Noro, Anja ^a  

^a Helsinki City Health Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly residents; Minimum Data Set (MDS); Psychogeriatric units; Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING HOME; QUALITY CONTROL; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 41949105533     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480801960172     Document Type: Article

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