dc.contributor.author | Dyer, Suzanne M | |
dc.contributor.author | Gnanamanickam, Emmanuel | |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Enwu | |
dc.contributor.author | Whitehead, Craig Hamilton | |
dc.contributor.author | Crotty, Maria | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-12T05:55:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-12T05:55:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-09-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Dyer, Suzanne M Gnanamanickam, Emmanuel Liu, Enwu Whitehead, Craig Hamilton Crotty, Maria , (2018). Diagnosis of dementia in residential aged care settings in Australia: An opportunity for improvements in quality of care? Australasian Journal on Ageing, DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12580. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1741-6612 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2328/38405 | |
dc.description | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is
properly cited. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To examine the cognitive status of Australians living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) and whether or not a dementia diagnosis was recorded.
Methods
Cross‐sectional study of 541 residents of 17 RACFs spanning four states. Examination of cognitive status by Psychogeriatric Assessment Scale Cognitive Impairment Scale (PAS‐Cog) and dementia diagnosis from medical records.
Results
The study population included 65% of residents with a diagnosis of dementia recorded, and 83% had a PAS‐Cog score of four or more indicating likely cognitive impairment. More than 20% of participants had likely cognitive impairment (PAS‐Cog ≥4), but no diagnosis of dementia; 11% had moderate‐to‐severe cognitive impairment (PAS‐Cog ≥10) but no recorded dementia diagnosis.
Conclusion
There may be a lack of formal diagnosis of dementia in Australian RACFs. Greater efforts from all health professionals to improve diagnosis in this setting are required. This is an opportunity for improved person‐centred care and quality of care in this vulnerable population. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The work is supported by funding provided by the
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Partnership Centre on Dealing with Cognitive and Related
Functional Decline in Older People (Grant No.
GNT9100000). | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2018 The Authors. Australasian Journal on Ageing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AJA Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is
properly cited. | en_US |
dc.subject | cognitive dysfunction | en_US |
dc.subject | dementia | en_US |
dc.subject | diagnosis | en_US |
dc.subject | quality of health care | en_US |
dc.subject | residential facilities | en_US |
dc.title | Diagnosis of dementia in residential aged care settings in Australia: An opportunity for improvements in quality of care? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.relation.grantnumber | NHMRC/GNT9100000 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12580 | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | © 2018 The Authors. Australasian Journal on Ageing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AJA Inc. | en_US |
dc.rights.license | CC-BY | |
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup | Dyer, Suzanne M: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2748-8547 | en_US |
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup | Liu, Enwu: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2580-3523 | en_US |