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| Specialized dementia programs in residential care settings | | Author(s) | Kourtney Johnston Davis, Philip D Sloane, C Madeline Mitchell |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 40, no 1, February 2000 |
| Pages | pp 32-42 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Health services ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Sheltered housing ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Results of cross-sectional data from visits to 56 homes with residential care specialised dementia programmes (RC-SDPs) in 7 US states are reported. These are compared with data from 138 nursing home special care units (NH-SCUs) and 1,340 of their residents from 4 studies conducted in the same 7 states. Compared with NH-SCUs, RC-SDPs were smaller, provided a more homelike environment, and had a higher proportion of residents paying privately. Mean levels of cognitive and physical impairment among residents were higher in NH-SCUs, prevalence of psychotropic medication use and problem behaviours were similar. Small residential care homes were more homelike, provided fewer structured activities, and charged less than larger homes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010718206 A |
| Classmark | EA: L: KW: LHB: KLA: 3F: 7T |
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