The underdetection of cognitive impairment in nursing homes in the Dublin area. The need for on-going cognitive assessment

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-131

  Cahill, Suzanne ^a,b   Diaz Ponce, Ana M ^b   Coen, Robert F ^a   Walsh, Cathal ^b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77949380255     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp198     Document Type: Letter

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