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Acceptance of dementia screening in continuous care retirement communities
— a mailed survey | | Author(s) | Malaz Boustani, Lea Watson, Bridget Fultz |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 9, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 780-786 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Screening ; Attitude ; Living in the community ; Retirement communities ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In a recent systematic review of the evidence for dementia screening to support recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force, the authors found no evidence regarding the interestedness or willingness of older people to be screened; and insufficient evidence to provide an estimate of the potential harms of dementia screening. In the present research, 500 residents of two independent living sections of Continuous Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) in North Carolina were asked if they would agree to routine screening for memory problems. Of the 60% responding, 49% stated that they would agree to such screening. In comparison those who would not agree to routine memory screening, those who accepted it were more likely to accept depression screening, be male, use drug administration assisting devices, and take more medications. A high refusal rate indicates that dementia screening may be associated with perceived harms. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031001216 A |
| Classmark | EA: 3V: DP: K4: ROA: 3F: 7T |
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