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Senile Dementia, Alzheimer's Type: The Family and the Health Care Delivery System
Author(s) -
ARONSON MIRIAM K.,
LIPKOWITZ ROCHELLE
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1981.tb01261.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , senile dementia , alzheimer's disease , disease , gerontology , affect (linguistics) , health care delivery , medical care , nursing homes , psychiatry , pediatrics , health care , family medicine , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , economics , economic growth
Senile dementia is one of the most important medical‐social‐economic problems facing our society, estimated to affect some 60 percent of nursing home patients and of persons residing in the community. The course of dementia in these patients is affected not only by their age, medical complications, and the disease itself, but also by where and with whom they live. A study was made of patients with senile dementia, Alzheimer's type (SDAT) in the community, and the kinds of caretakers involved. The implications of these patterns for management of the patients are discussed.