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A short term inpatient program for agitated demented nursing home residents
Author(s)Pauline K Wiener, Dimitris N Kiosses, Sibel Klimstra
Journal titleInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 16, no 9, September 2001
Pagespp 866-872
KeywordsBehaviour disorders ; Dementia ; Nursing homes ; Long term patients ; Psychogeriatric units ; Evaluation ; United States of America.
Annotation15 demented nursing home residents with agitation were admitted to a New York hospital's geriatric psychiatry service. Over a 15 day period, their overall clinical improvement was assessed with the "global assessment of functioning scale". Patients showed significantly more overall clinical improvement at discharge compared with admission. Agitation scores (on the "brief agitation rating scale") were also significantly lower at discharge and follow-up compared with admission. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-011017212 A
ClassmarkEP: EA: LHB: LF7:4Q: LDM: 4C: 7T

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