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| Failure to thrive syndrome: predicting elderly nursing home residents at risk | | Author(s) | Linda Hollinger-Smith, MaryBeth Buschmann |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 20, no 4, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 65-88 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Ill health ; Patients [nursing homes] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Failure to thrive (FTT) syndrome in older people is a relatively new but poorly understood concept, although depression is thought to be one of the causes. This study examined variables associated with depression that have been linked to FTT syndrome in 133 nursing home residents. Results supported the hypothesis that older nursing home residents identified as depressed by the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) experienced less comfort with being touched, more feelings of dejection and hopelessness, greater preference for privacy, less self-esteem, and fewer social resources than residents who were not depressed. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000229214 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CH: LHB:LF: 7T |
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