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Patients With Dementia in Group Living: Experiences 4 Years After Admission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Anders Wimo ,
Kenneth Asplund ,
Bengt Mattsson ,
Rolf Adolfsson  and
Kjerstin Lundgren
Anders Wimo
Affiliation:
Department of Family Medicine, University of Umeå, Sweden
Kenneth Asplund
Affiliation:
College for Health Caring Professionals, Sundsvall, Sweden
Bengt Mattsson
Affiliation:
Mariehem Primary Health Care Center, Umeå, Sweden
Rolf Adolfsson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
Kjerstin Lundgren
Affiliation:
Granloholm Primary Health Care Center, Sundsvall, Sweden
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Abstract

Sixteen patients with dementia were studied 4 years after admission to group-living (GL) units, an intermediate level of dementia care. Of eight patients who were still alive, four lived in the GL units and four had been institutionalized. The eight patients who had died had spent 89% of their survival time in GL. Aggression was the most frequent cause of institutionalization.

Type
Clinical Practice and Service Development
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 123 - 127
Copyright
© 1995 Springer Publishing Company

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