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Identifying older people with dementia — the effectiveness of a multiservice census
Author(s)	David S Gordon, Paul Spicker, Brian R Ballinger
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 6, June 1997
Pages	pp 636-641
Keywords	Dementia ; Needs indicators ; Recognition ; Tayside.
Annotation	A census of all relevant services in an area can be used to identify people with mental impairment suggestive of dementia. Two censuses in Tayside, Scotland, were used to test the effectiveness of this method. False positives accounted for 12% of returns. After excluding false positives, by comparison with expected dementia prevalence based on EURODEM, 66% of all sufferers and 50% of those living in the community were identified by the censuses. By pro-rating for non-response, the proportion of sufferers known to services was estimated as 72%. The characteristics of those known to services are unclear and further research is needed. The cost of a census in an area with a 250,00 population is under £3,000. A multi-service census offers a simple, inexpensive practicable method of constructing a sample frame for population needs assessment.
Accession Number	CPA-970807243 A
Classmark	EA: IK:3RI: 4AD: 9E
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