Cognitive impairment in the elderly.
This article reviews research related to assessment and interventions for cognitive impairment conducted by nurses as principal and coinvestigators. It focuses on the broad areas of delirium and dementia, which are divided into assessment and intervention-related research. The intervention research begins with descriptive studies and has subdivisions for primary and secondary symptoms. Ideas for future research follow.
Beck
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College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
Heacock
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Rapp
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Shue
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005544:Forecasting; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015399:Nursing Research; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011594:Psychometrics