Current prevalence of dementia, depression and behavioural problems in the older adult care home sector: The South East London care home survey

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 562-567

  Stewart, Robert ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Dewey, Michael ^a   Ballard, Clive ^a   Bisla, Jatinder ^a   Calem, Maria ^a   Fahmy, Viola ^b   Hockley, Jo ^c   Kinley, Julie ^c   Pearce, Hywel ^b   Saraf, Anoop ^b   Begum, Aysha ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health; Nursing homes; Older people; Residential EMI; Residential homes

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MEMANTINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; HOME FOR THE AGED; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84903161490     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu062     Document Type: Article

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