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The Assessment of Quality of Life in Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Siegfried Weyerer  and
Martina Schäufele
Siegfried Weyerer
Affiliation:
Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
Martina Schäufele
Affiliation:
Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany

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In the past decade, pharmacological, behavioral, educational, and environmental interventions for individuals with dementia have addressed a variety of goals: improving cognitive status, delaying the onset of symptoms, reducing behavioral problems such as depression and agitation, and maximizing activities of daily living. It is important not only to ameliorate symptoms but also to evaluate the extent to which an intervention improves the quality of life (QOL) of the person being treated (Logsdon et al., 2002).

Keywords

Dementiaquality of lifereviewassessmentmethodology
Type
Guest Editorials
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , September 2003 , pp. 213 - 218
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© 2003 International Psychogeriatric Association