TY - JOUR
T1 - Health status of participants of adult day care centers
AU - Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska
AU - Lipson, Steve
AU - Brenneman, Kathy S.
AU - Pawlson, L. Gregory
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - This study compared the medical conditions found in 183 participants of 5 suburban adult day care programs to the medical and mental health status of community-dwelling elderly persons. Analysis revealed that adult day care center participants are very similar to the community-dwelling elderly population in most health indicators, but suffer from much higher rates of dementia and associated functional disabilities. Moreover, those day care participants who do not suffer from dementia tend to suffer from a psychiatric disorder (e.g., major depression, adjustment disorder). These results show that adult day care has become a facility with a primary mental health function.
AB - This study compared the medical conditions found in 183 participants of 5 suburban adult day care programs to the medical and mental health status of community-dwelling elderly persons. Analysis revealed that adult day care center participants are very similar to the community-dwelling elderly population in most health indicators, but suffer from much higher rates of dementia and associated functional disabilities. Moreover, those day care participants who do not suffer from dementia tend to suffer from a psychiatric disorder (e.g., major depression, adjustment disorder). These results show that adult day care has become a facility with a primary mental health function.
KW - Adult day care
KW - Analysis
KW - Dementia
KW - Elderly health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035178414&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1300/J045v14n02_05
DO - 10.1300/J045v14n02_05
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C2 - 11707026
AN - SCOPUS:0035178414
VL - 14
SP - 71
EP - 89
JO - Social Work in Public Health
JF - Social Work in Public Health
SN - 1937-1918
IS - 2
ER -
