Solitary living in Alzheimer's disease over 3 years: Association between cognitive and functional impairment and community-based services

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 1951-1962

  Wattmo, Carina ^a   Londos, Elisabet ^a   Minthon, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Cognition; Home help services; Living status; Longitudinal study; Nursing home placement

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIVASTIGMINE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME FOR THE AGED; INDEPENDENT LIVING; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84924793682     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S71709     Document Type: Article

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