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| How safe are cognitively impaired seniors who live alone? | | Author(s) | Mary C Tierney |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 16, no 2, Summer 1997 |
| Pages | pp 177-189 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Living alone ; At risk ; Literature reviews ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Cognitively impaired older people who want to continue living at home may be inappropriately or prematurely institutionalised because of difficulties anticipated by relatives, and because of insufficient assistance from community agencies. This editorial points to health professionals' concerns about the safety of those with cognitive impairment who live alone. However, apart from studies examining crash rates of drivers, there have been no studies of problems experienced by older people because of cognitive impairment. Doctors, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists and family members make judgments about whether a cognitively impaired older person can manage to live alone. Yet these decisions are made without a solid empirical foundation for predicting harm or safety. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980720201 A |
| Classmark | EA: K8: CA3: 64A: 7S |
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