As the population ages, increasing numbers of patients will present with dementia.
Diagnosis may be very straightforward, as in an individual with dementia secondary to an …

The feasibility, utility and reliability of the Zung Self‐Rating Depression Scale (ZSDS) was
examined in a large sample of ambulatory cancer patients. This tool and a brief 11‐item …

Objective: lb determine the test‐retest reliability and concurrent criterion validity of a self‐
report ED screening questionnaire for adverse outcomes in elders. Methods: A cohort of …

Motivation has been identified as an important factor in the older adult's ability to perform
functional activities. The purpose of this study was to explore functional performance and …

Background. Cross-sectional studies of non-cognitive symptoms in dementia show that
patients with psychotic symptoms tend to have more disturbed behaviour. However, it is not …

OBJECTIVES: To determine factors associated with short‐term mortality in recipients of
community‐based long‐term care (CBLTC). DESIGN: A cohort study. SETTING: A Medicaid …

The geriatric depression scale (GDS) is the most common instrument for the evaluation of
depression in the elderly, but some of its items do not easily fit with the nursing-home setting …

TO THE EDITOR: Drs. Swanwick and Wrigley raise a number of important points to which we
are pleased to respond. While standard systems such as the Research Diagnostic Criteria …

" It's not only the pain in my leg, it's the pain in my heart and the pain in my mind" David who
said the above to me whilst I was working in a Hospice, was twenty one years old and dying …

The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of a one-day psychoeducational
workshop on minor depression. Workshop effectiveness was determined through …