Nursing home assessment of cognitive impairment: Development and testing of a brief instrument of mental status

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2069-2075

  Chodosh, Joshua ^a,b,c   Edelen, Maria Orlando ^d   Buchanan, Joan L ^e   Yosef, Julia Ann ^b   Ouslander, Joseph G ^b,f   Berlowitz, Dan R ^b,g   Streim, Joel E ^b,h   Saliba, Debra ^b,c,d  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive assessment; Dementia; Mental status; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TEST; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 55349127055     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01944.x     Document Type: Article

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