Association between subjective memory complaints and nursing home placement: A four-year follow-up

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 602-609

  Waldorff, Frans Boch ^a,b   Siersma, Volkert ^a   Waldemar, Gunhild ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aged; Cohort studies; Family practice; Memory; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PAIN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NURSING HOMES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649366233     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2163     Document Type: Article

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