Book contents
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- ‘Clinical Topics In … ’
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Editors’ Note
- Abbreviations
- Introductory Comments
- Section 1 Epidemiology and Types of Disorders
- Section 2 Assessment and Investigations
- Chapter 9 The Home Assessment in Old Age Psychiatry
- Chapter 10 Driving in Dementia
- Chapter 11 Mini-Mental State Examination for the Detection and Prediction of Dementia in People with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Chapter 12 Biomarkers and the Diagnosis of Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease
- Chapter 13 To Scan or Not to Scan
- Section 3 Approaches to Management
- Section 4 Law, Ethics, and Philosophy
- Index
- References
Chapter 9 - The Home Assessment in Old Age Psychiatry
A Practical Guide
from Section 2 - Assessment and Investigations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2020
Book contents
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- ‘Clinical Topics In … ’
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Editors’ Note
- Abbreviations
- Introductory Comments
- Section 1 Epidemiology and Types of Disorders
- Section 2 Assessment and Investigations
- Chapter 9 The Home Assessment in Old Age Psychiatry
- Chapter 10 Driving in Dementia
- Chapter 11 Mini-Mental State Examination for the Detection and Prediction of Dementia in People with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Chapter 12 Biomarkers and the Diagnosis of Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease
- Chapter 13 To Scan or Not to Scan
- Section 3 Approaches to Management
- Section 4 Law, Ethics, and Philosophy
- Index
- References
Summary
The psychiatric assessment of older people can be carried out in many environments, including outpatient clinics, hospital wards, care facilities for the elderly and the individual’s own home. Each presents advantages, disadvantages and challenges. An initial assessment conducted in the patient’s home remains an important aspect of many old age psychiatric services in high-income countries. This chapter explores and discusses the clinical aspects of conducting an initial psychiatric assessment of an older person in their home. It aims to be neither prescriptive nor exhaustive, but hopes to increase the awareness of the reader to certain themes and considerations in such assessments.
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- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry , pp. 129 - 138Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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