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Carer informants for dementia sufferers
— carer awareness of cognitive impairment in an elderly community-resident sample | | Author(s) | Declan M McLoughlin, Colm Cooney, Clive Holmes, Raymond D Levy |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 25, no 5, September 1996 |
| Pages | pp 367-371 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Living in the community ; Cognitive impairment ; Recognition ; Testing ; Social surveys ; Southwark. |
| Annotation | By comparing data obtained from the carers of 170 Camberwell community resident dementia sufferers with the results of objective cognitive testing, the authors assessed carer awareness of a range of cognitive deficits in their dependents. Spouses living with demented patients were the best at estimating the overall severity of cognitive impairment, whereas other relatives were better at identifying and reporting the severity of memory impairment and topographical disorientation. Only one carer was aware of problems with object recognition, although a definite problem was detected in at least 40% of the study group. The testing instruments used probably under-detected dysnomia and appeared inconclusive when compared with carer reports of difficulties that could be attributable to dyspraxia, highlighting the problem of sole reliance on either instruments or informant accounts to obtain accurate clinical information. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970326007 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: K4: E4: 4AD: 3T: 3F: 82LT |
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