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Equity of access to a memory clinic in Melbourne?
— Non-English speaking background attenders are more severely demented and have increased rates of psychiatric disorders |
| Author(s) | Dina LoGiudice, Anne Hassett, Roslyn Cook |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 16, no 3, March 2001 |
| Pages | pp 327-334 |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Dementia ; Cognitive impairment ; Geriatric out-patients clinics ; Usage [services] ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Assessment of more than 500 patients attending a memory clinic by a geriatrician (Italian speaking) or psychogeriatrician using the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders in the Elderly (CAMDEX) interview schedule indicate that the clinical and demographic features of those of non-English speaking background (NESB) differ from their ESB counterparts. There is an under-representation of those from NESBs attending a memory clinic service. Those of NESB are more likely to present with psychiatric disorder, and they are also more likely to present in the later stages of dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010406209 A |
| Classmark | TK: EA: E4: L6G: QLD: 7YA |
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