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| Predictors of institutionalization for people with dementia living at home with a carer | | Author(s) | Tony Hope, Janet Keene, Kathy Gedling |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 13, no 10, October 1998 |
| Pages | pp 682-690 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Living in the community ; Family care ; Institutional accommodation ; Oxfordshire. |
| Annotation | The relationships between behaviour, psychological functioning, the caring environment and subsequent institutionalisation in patients with dementia living at home with a carer was examined in this UK study. A total of 100 persons with dementia who were living at home with a carer, in Oxfordshire, participated in the study. The carers were interviewed and the subjects with dementia were assessed cognitively at 4-monthly intervals. The characteristics which best predicted institutionalisation one year later were found to be: excessive night-time activity; immobility or difficulty in walking; incontinence; being away from a carer for more than 16 hours per week; and being cared for by a female carer. Aggressive behaviour was not associated with an increased chance of institutionalisation one year later, although it was more prevalent 4 months before entering an institution. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981109410 A |
| Classmark | EA: K4: P6:SJ: KV: 8O |
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