| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| The prevalence and outcome of depression and dementia in Botany's elderly population | | Author(s) | J Snowdon, F Lane |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 16, no 3, March 2001 |
| Pages | pp 293-299 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Dementia ; Correlation ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Data from a 1985 survey showing high rates of depression in 146 older people living at home in Botany municipality, Australia were re-examined. Depression and cognitive impairment were also assessed in residents in a local hostel and nursing home. Review of results from the Botany study (including follow-up) points to a higher prevalence of late-life depression than suggested by other other studies. The article notes that dementia is commonly co-morbid with depression, and reports that downplaying this association may undermine efforts to enhance recognition and treatment of late-life depression. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010406205 A |
| Classmark | ENR: EA: 49: 7YA |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|