Comorbidity and Drug Use in Cognitively Impaired Elderly Living in Long-Term Care

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 347-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Landi ◽  
Giovanni Gambassi ◽  
Kate L. Lapane ◽  
Antonio Sgadari ◽  
David Gifford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Cognitively Impaired ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Elderly Living

Drug Use in a Geriatric Long-Term Care Setting

Drugs & Aging ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeev Arinzon ◽  
Alexander Peisakh ◽  
Aneta Zuta ◽  
Yitshal N Berner
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Geriatric Long Term Care

Depressive Disorders among Elderly People in Long-Term Institutional Care

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ames
Keyword(s):  
Physical Disability ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Pharmacological Treatments ◽  
Old People ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Elderly Living

Depressive disorders are common among old people in residential and nursing homes. Outside Australia the prevalence rate for depressive symptoms in homes ranges from 30–75% while that for depressive disorders defined by psychiatric diagnostic criteria is well over 20% in many nursing home studies. These rates are between two and twenty times higher than those found among the elderly living at home. Evidence from Australia indicates that a problem of similar magnitude exists here. While physical disability is strongly associated with depression in these populations, it is not the only factor likely to be responsible for the initiation and maintenance of depression among those in long-term care. There is an urgent need for studies which will better define likely aetiological and maintaining factors for depression in institutional populations, as well as controlled trials of both pharmacological treatments and environmental improvements. In addition, research is needed to establish whether depression is an independent risk factor for mortality among institutional residents.

Effect of comprehensive pharmaceutical services on drug use in long-term care facilities

1980 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee R. Strandberg ◽  
Gary W. Dawson ◽  
Donald Mathieson ◽  
John Rawlings ◽  
Beverly G. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Pharmaceutical Services ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities

Prevalence of incontinence among cognitively impaired older residents in long‐term care facilities in East Asia: A cross‐sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 444-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoko Higami ◽  
Miyae Yamakawa ◽  
Younhee Kang ◽  
Sayuri Kobayashi ◽  
Xiao‐Yan Liao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cognitively Impaired ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities
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