## Abstract ## Background The course of depression in residents of longβterm care with dementia is not well studied. ## Objectives To estimate the incidence, prevalence, and outcomes of depression in longβterm care residents with dementia. ## Method 201 residents of Copper Ridge, a longβterm c
Depression in persons with dementia in the first year after admission to a long term care facility
β Scribed by Payne, Jennifer L.; Sheppard, Jeannie-Marie E.; Steele, Cynthia D.; Brandt, Jason; Baker, Alva S.; Lyketsos, Constantine G.
- Book ID
- 123398436
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-4580
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