Above age 65, the prevalence of dementia rises exponentially from 1 to 15% at age 85. Despite many studies concerning dementia, little is known about the prevalence of dementia in the `oldest old'. Whether the prevalence levels o around age 95 is yet unanswered. This question is important because it
Dementia in centenarians
β Scribed by Michael E. Dewey; John R. M. Copeland
- Book ID
- 102227638
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 37 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
- DOI
- 10.1002/gps.363
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β¦ Synopsis
be to carry out full psychometric testing in a large UK sample. We recommend that the QOL-AD be tested in a full cross-cultural validation study.
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