Incidence and predictors of excess disability in walking among nursing home residents with middle-stage dementia: A prospective cohort study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-64

  Slaughter, Susan E ^a,b   Eliasziw, Misha ^b   Morgan, Debra ^c   Drummond, Neil ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; long term care facilities; mobility; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED DEMENTIA; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CANADA; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79951672365     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210000116     Document Type: Article

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