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- Title
Analysis of patients referred for aged care assessment with concerns related to hoarding or squalor.
- Authors
Guinane, John; Bailey, Deborah; Fuge, Warren; Lee, Sook Meng
- Abstract
Patients referred with concerns related to hoarding and squalor frequently pose significant management challenges. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 120 patients referred to an Aged Care Assessment Service. The hoarding only group comprised 27%, squalor only 15% and hoarding and squalor 53%. Mild cognitive impairment was the most common cognitive diagnosis, no cognitive diagnosis was made in 25% and the usual diagnostic process could not be followed in 13%. This analysis provides relevant Australian specific data to assist with planning service delivery for a group of patients with complex management issues.
- Subjects
ELDER care; MEDICAL care for older people; COGNITION disorders; GERIATRICS; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL needs assessment; COMPULSIVE hoarding; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DIOGENES syndrome
- Publication
Internal Medicine Journal, 2019, Vol 49, Issue 10, p1313
- ISSN
1444-0903
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/imj.14449