title: Psychiatry of old age.
abstract: Some 25% of those over 80 suffer from dementia -- just one of the mental health problems that affect elderly people. Their care is compounded by physical difficulties and ill health and, often, by the lack of relatives to assist in their care.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoare
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology