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Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia as a Risk Factor for Nursing Home Placement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Laura Balestreri ,
Anna Grossberg  and
George T. Grossberg
Laura Balestreri
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Anna Grossberg
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
George T. Grossberg
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, affecting nearly 4 million older Americans (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996). Behavioral and psychological signs and symptoms of dementia (BPSD), especially agitated behaviors, affect nearly 80% of patients with AD (Jost & Grossberg, 1996). Researchers have speculated that BPSD, especially agitation, are the leading risk factors or triggers for nursing home (NH) admission in AD patients (Chenoweth & Spencer, 1986; Colerick & George, 1986). In this article, we review the literature on risk factors for NH placement in AD, and share preliminary data from an ongoing study at the Saint Louis University /Alzheimer's Association Brain Bank relative to the role of the BPSD as a risk factor for NH placement.

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Perspectives of BPSD
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 12 , Issue S1 , July 2000 , pp. 59 - 62
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© 2000 International Psychogeriatric Association

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