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Epidemiology of paranoid symptoms in an elderly population
- Authors:
- FORSELL Yvonne, HENDERSON Scott A.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 172, May 1998, pp.429-432.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article aims to estimate the community prevalence and to identify some associated variables. A community sample of 1420 elderly people, was extensively examined by nurses and physicians. Paranoid symptoms in this elderly population were associated most strongly with cognitive impairment. Other associated variables pointed to a higher level of social isolation than others in the community.
What their words are telling us: ethical issues in nursing practice
- Authors:
- DAVIDSON Ben, CAMERON Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(6), February 1998, pp.199-202.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Nurses face difficult ethical decisions every day of their working lives. The greatest, perhaps, is to follow a model of care distinct from conventional psychiatry; one which validates the individual's unique experience of reality. The authors explain in the context of working with elderly people.
Older people at home: practical issues
- Editors:
- MULLEY Graham, PENN Neil, BURNS Eileen
- Publisher:
- BMJ Books
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 148p.,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical text focusing on everyday situations that GPs have identified as being particularly problematic when dealing with older patients. Follows a problem based approach with special emphasis on the needs of older people living at home. Includes chapters on: loneliness; elder abuse; some legal aspects of mental incapacity; what an old age psychiatrist does; rehabilitation and older people; aids to compliance with medication; public transport; money problems and financial help; care homes; housing; carers; community health services; and community care provided by the public and independent sectors.