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Assessment of dementia in nursing home residents by nurses and assistants — criteria validity and determinants
Author(s)	Lisbeth Sorensen, Anders Foldspang, Nils C Gulmann
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 16, no 6, June 2001
Pages	pp 615-621
Keywords	Dementia ; Evaluation ; Diagnosis ; Nurses ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Denmark.
Annotation	Of 288 Danish nursing home residents in this study, 62% were diagnosed by GMS-AGECAT as having organic disorder. 70% of these were correctly identified by nursing staff members. Whether analysed among residents with or without organic disorder, or the total group of residents, the staff assessment for presence of organic disorder depended on a limited set of behavioural characteristics of the resident, namely "going to the toilet in inappropriate places", "saying things that do not make sense", and impairment in orientation. Staff comprehension of organic disorder resulted in over- as well as under-labelling of residents, a tendency that will affect communication with medical personnel, and may lead to inadequate or wrong medical treatment, and to negative performance as well as negative role expectation in everyday life in nursing homes. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010716213 A
Classmark	EA: 4C: LK7: QTE: KX: LHB: 76K
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