OBJECTIVE: To compare the prevalence and degree of cognitive and behavioural
impairment in elderly patients in institutions providing different levels of care. DESIGN …

Surveys of older populations reveal rates of senile dementia varying from 5.2% to 25%. The
specialist branch of psychiatry dealing with the elderly advocates that services for these …

We investigated cognitive impairment in a study of the health of the elderly population of
Saskatchewan. Surveys of elderly persons living at home (n= 1267) and living in long‐term …

Aims: to investigate the prevalence of and interrelationship between cognitive impairment
and behavioural problems in older people in residential care. Subjects: all those aged 65 …

This study sought to determine whether cognitively impaired elderly in long-term care
institutions receive a lower quality of care than do the non-impaired. The quality of care for …

Cognitive impairment is a serious and pervasive problem for ill elderly uersons in the
institutional setting. Older individuals exit these facilities quickly, often requiring continued …

Background: To determine the prevalence of dementia among the residents of geriatric
institutions in the greater Jerusalem area. Methods: A population-based, cross-sectional …

One hundred and sixty‐three patients over 65 years of age admitted to the acute medical
wards of a district teaching hospital were studied for prevalence and type of cognitive …

This study examines the point prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among continuing care
geriatric inpatients and the performance of screening questionnaires in detecting such …

The evolution of cognitive and behavioral disturbances over time in institutionalized elderly
has not yet been widely studied. Our research was performed on a sample of 318 subjects …