Stability over one year in patients admitted to a nursing home dementia unit

Barry W. Rovner; Jane Lucas‐Blaustein; Marshal F. Folstein; Shannon W. Smith

doi:10.1002/gps.930050204

Stability over one year in patients admitted to a nursing home dementia unit

Barry W. Rovner, Jane Lucas‐Blaustein, Marshal F. Folstein, Shannon W. Smith

School of Medicine

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

24 Scopus citations

Abstract

The majority of nursing home patients in the United States have dementia or behavioral problems yet the outcome of care they receive for those disorders is unknown. We compared the outcomes of Alzheimer's disease patients residing on a dementia unit with other Alzheimer's patients in the same nursing home over a one‐year period. We found that the functional capacity of dementia unit patients remained stable over the study period while that of non‐unit patients declined. This study suggests the usefulness of dementia units in nursing homes and raises issues relevant to their future study.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	77-82
Number of pages	6
Journal	International journal of geriatric psychiatry
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.930050204
State	Published - Jan 1 1990

Keywords

Dementia
dementia units
nursing homes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geriatrics and Gerontology
Psychiatry and Mental health

Access to Document

10.1002/gps.930050204

Cite this

@article{dc8d1bb7c8d94a22be000545be4e0295,

title = "Stability over one year in patients admitted to a nursing home dementia unit",

abstract = "The majority of nursing home patients in the United States have dementia or behavioral problems yet the outcome of care they receive for those disorders is unknown. We compared the outcomes of Alzheimer's disease patients residing on a dementia unit with other Alzheimer's patients in the same nursing home over a one‐year period. We found that the functional capacity of dementia unit patients remained stable over the study period while that of non‐unit patients declined. This study suggests the usefulness of dementia units in nursing homes and raises issues relevant to their future study.",

keywords = "Dementia, dementia units, nursing homes",

author = "Rovner, {Barry W.} and Jane Lucas‐Blaustein and Folstein, {Marshal F.} and Smith, {Shannon W.}",

year = "1990",

month = jan,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1002/gps.930050204",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "5",

pages = "77--82",

journal = "International journal of geriatric psychiatry",

issn = "0885-6230",

publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Ltd",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Stability over one year in patients admitted to a nursing home dementia unit

AU - Rovner, Barry W.

AU - Lucas‐Blaustein, Jane

AU - Folstein, Marshal F.

AU - Smith, Shannon W.

PY - 1990/1/1

Y1 - 1990/1/1

N2 - The majority of nursing home patients in the United States have dementia or behavioral problems yet the outcome of care they receive for those disorders is unknown. We compared the outcomes of Alzheimer's disease patients residing on a dementia unit with other Alzheimer's patients in the same nursing home over a one‐year period. We found that the functional capacity of dementia unit patients remained stable over the study period while that of non‐unit patients declined. This study suggests the usefulness of dementia units in nursing homes and raises issues relevant to their future study.

AB - The majority of nursing home patients in the United States have dementia or behavioral problems yet the outcome of care they receive for those disorders is unknown. We compared the outcomes of Alzheimer's disease patients residing on a dementia unit with other Alzheimer's patients in the same nursing home over a one‐year period. We found that the functional capacity of dementia unit patients remained stable over the study period while that of non‐unit patients declined. This study suggests the usefulness of dementia units in nursing homes and raises issues relevant to their future study.

KW - Dementia

KW - dementia units

KW - nursing homes

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0025233411&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0025233411&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/gps.930050204

DO - 10.1002/gps.930050204

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0025233411

SN - 0885-6230

VL - 5

SP - 77

EP - 82

JO - International journal of geriatric psychiatry

JF - International journal of geriatric psychiatry

IS - 2

ER -

Stability over one year in patients admitted to a nursing home dementia unit

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this