Depression among newly admitted Australian nursing home residents

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 724-737

  McSweeney, K ^a   O'Connor, D W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Residential care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNELL SCALE FOR DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; VICTORIA;

EID: 43949105187     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020800700X     Document Type: Article

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