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 …

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

This paper reports the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in a cohort of elderly new
admissions to nursing and residential homes. Three hundred and eight people aged over 65 …

Cognitive impairment has a high prevalence in the elderly, especially in the oldest old, and it
is a major concern for autonomous old people living in the community and their families. Any …

Ninety-six per cent of the residents occupying the 11 Local Authority Homes within the
catchment area of one Scottish district psychiatric hospital were surveyed to estimate current …

Study objective To provide an understanding of the nature and prevalence of behaviour
difficulties in long‐term care facilities, to compare care settings and comment on the …

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of disruptive behaviour displayed by
older people in community and residential respite care settings. The specific objectives were …

Abstract Objectives: the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study is
a longitudinal study of health and well-being of the ageing UK population. We present the …

The mental state, demographic details, dependency level and presence of problem
behaviours have been recorded for 438 (82%) of the residents of the 12 Part III homes …

In response to data indicating that persons above age 65 account for almost half of all days
of care in short stay hospitals (Graves & Kozak, 1999), constituting the majority of residents …