Medication use in nursing home residents with advanced dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 490-496

  Blass, David M ^a,b   Black, Betty S ^b,c   Phillips, Hilary ^b   Finucane, Thomas ^b,d   Baker, Alva ^b,e   Loreck, David ^f   Rabins, Peter V ^b,c  

^a ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced dementia; End of life care; Nursing home care; Pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; SKIN DISEASE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 44249127250     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1921     Document Type: Article

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