Both conventional indices of cognitive function and frailty predict levels of care required in a long-term care insurance program for memory clinic patients in Japan

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 630-636

  Takechi, Hajime ^a   Sugihara, Yuriko ^a   Kokuryu, Atsuko ^a   Nishida, Maiko ^a   Yamada, Hiroko ^b   Arai, Hidenori ^a   Hamakawa, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dementia; Frailty; Living arrangements; Long term care insurance program

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CERTIFICATION; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTION TEST; GERIATRIC CARE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVING ARRANGEMENT; LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE PROGRAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84866759988     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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