Decline in cognitive function and risk of elder self-neglect: Finding from the Chicago health aging project

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2292-2299

  Dong, Xinqi ^a   Simon, Melissa A ^b   Wilson, Robert S ^a   Mendes De Leon, Carlos F ^a   Rajan, K Bharat ^a   Evans, Denis A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; decline in cognitive function; population based study; self neglect

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF NEGLECT; SOCIAL WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHICAGO; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAIL MAKING TEST; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 78650163897     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03156.x     Document Type: Article

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