Nursing Home Assessment of Cognitive Impairment: Development and Testing of a Brief Instrument of Mental Status

OBJECTIVES: To test the accuracy of a brief cognitive assessment of nursing home (NH) residents and to determine whether facility nurses can reliably perform this assessment. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional, independent cognitive screening tests with NH residents. SETTING: Six Department of Veteran Affairs...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2008-11, Vol.56 (11), p.2069-2075
Hauptverfasser:	Chodosh, Joshua, Edelen, Maria Orlando, Buchanan, Joan L., Yosef, Julia Ann, Ouslander, Joseph G., Berlowitz, Dan R., Streim, Joel E., Saliba, Debra
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ability tests Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Cognition & reasoning Cognition Disorders - diagnosis Cognition Disorders - nursing cognitive assessment Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases dementia Female General aspects Geriatric Assessment Humans Interview, Psychological Male Medical sciences mental status Middle Aged Neurology Nursing Assessment nursing home Nursing Homes Older people Pilot Projects Prevention and actions Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Reproducibility of Results
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