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- Title
Special care units for demented patients: A multicenter study.
- Authors
Bellelli, Giuseppe; Frisoni, Giovanni B.; Bianchetti, A.; Boffelli, S.; Guerrini, G.B.; Scotuzzi, A.; Ranieri, P.; Ritondale, G.; Guglielmi, L.; Fusari, A.; Raggi, G.; Gasparotti, A.; Gheza, A.; Nobili, G.; Trabucchi, M.
- Abstract
Focuses on the effectiveness of care given in a group of special care units (SCU) on moderately to severely demented elderly patients, who were affected by behavioral disturbances. Suggestion that behavioral disturbances induce caregiver burnout; Modification of environmental characteristics of all SCU; Significance of the changes in functional and behavioral variables between admission period and three months after.
- Subjects
SENILE dementia patients; BEHAVIORAL assessment; CARING
- Publication
Gerontologist, 1998, Vol 38, Issue 4, p456
- ISSN
0016-9013
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/geront/38.4.456