Behavioral symptoms in residential care/assisted living facilities: Prevalence, risk factors, and medication management

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1610-1617

  Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^a   Boustani, Malaz ^b   Sloane, Philip D ^c,d   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Assisted living; Behavioral symptoms; Dementia; Residential care

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6944224171     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52451.x     Document Type: Article

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