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Residential care for elderly people
— the prevalence of cognitive impairment and behavioural problems | | Author(s) | Carol Jagger, James Lindesay |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 26, no 6, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 475-480 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Aggression ; Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Hospital services ; Nursing homes ; Patients ; Leicestershire. |
| Annotation | This study examined the prevalence of behavioural disturbance and cognitive impairment in older people in residential care from a one-day census of all types of institutional care within the Leicestershire District Health Authority. It also explored the relationship between behavioural problems and cognitive impairment, and the differences in prevalence and patterns between the different types of care provision. The study involved 6079 older people in 241 establishments, including hospitals, homes and hostels provided by the National Health Service (NHS), local authority social services and private and voluntary agencies. Findings showed that 38% were moderately or severely cognitively impaired. Behavioural problems were present in 11.5%, and mostly associated with the presence of cognitive impairment. Compared with older people in private residential homes, residents in local authority homes had significantly higher odds of demonstrating offensive behaviour. No significant association between the size of home and levels of behavioural problems was found. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980122410 A |
| Classmark | EA: EP: EPB: KW: KX: LD: LHB: LF: 8LE |
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