None of the measures used in those primary studies were developed specifically for people living with dementia and application in the nursing home setting. Therefore, it is unclear how appropriate these sleep-related measurements are for measuring sleep disturbances among people with dementia in the ...
Activities of Daily Living Scale are among the shorter recommended P-ADL and I-ADL scales [25], which have been frequently used in Norwegian and Scandinavian studies [26,27] and are suitable for ADL assessments in community-dwelling older people, as well as in nursing home residents [28,29...
Of the 1,373 respondents with a difficult decision, 685 (49.9%) had an assumed role that was congruent with their preferred role (n = 192 for active role, n = 241 for collaborative role, and n = 10 for passive role). Discussion In this national survey, we identified ...
In a fragmented care system, older people are at risk of being left alone despite complex needs. The under-recognition from for instance nursing home staff of symptoms in patients with mental conditions can lead lower hospitalization despite just as many physical conditions and needs compared to ...
We included articles describing all the services provided by physiotherapists in any type of healthcare setting (e.g., private clinics; rehabilitation centres, community health centre, home care rehabilitation, etc.). We also included descriptions of patients’ needs regarding any type of intervention...
Falls, injuries due to falls, and the risk of admis- sion to a nursing home. N Engl J Med. 1997;337(18):1279–1284. 9. Sekaran NK, Choi H, Hayward RA, Langa KM. Fall-associated difficulty with activities of daily living in functionally independent individuals aged 65 to 69 in the...
Methods Using death certificate data of 2008 for Belgium, France, Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Mexico, South Korea and Spain for all deaths with PD as an underlying cause (ICD-10 code: G20) cross-national differences in place of death were examined. ...
WHO. The ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders: Clinical descriptions and diagnostic guidelines. (World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992). McKhann, G. et al. Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: report of the NINCDS-ADRDA Work Group under the auspices of Department of...
Screen positives were diagnosed in the second phase according to ICD-10 criteria and submitted to the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders, NPI, Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR), MMSE and B-ADL. Results The final sample consisted of 91 elderly subjects diagnosed as AD (n=65), VaD ...
(2010). International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Version 10. Geneva: WHO. Google Scholar Download references Funding The survey was funded by LotteryWest, the state lottery of WA, as part of a larger project (Grant Ref: 253/20060277) investigating the home support needs of adults living...