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The elderly, dementia, aggression and risk assessment

✍ Scribed by Nick Hindley; Harvey Gordon

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 82 KB
Volume: 15
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(200003)15:3<254::aid-gps103>3.0.co;2-t

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✦ Synopsis

There are no clear comprehensive guidelines on risk assessment with the elderly. This paper reviews the literature relevant to the subject in conjunction with the case history of a patient with dementia who committed homicide whilst in residential care. Suggestions concerning factors to be taken into consideration during risk assessment are made.

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