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OBJECTIVES: The use of physical restraints for the geropsychiatric patients has been underreported to decrease in recent years. The aims of this study were to investigate frequency of restraints, to...
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to know whether Korean healthy elderly and family with dementia patients were wishing to disclose the diagnosis of dementia, to identify reasons of...
Hong NR, Yeon BK, Kim HC, Ryu SG, Chung GH, Han CH
KMID: 2333971
J Korean Geriatr Psychiatry.
2005 Dec;9(2):140-147.
OBJECTIVES: For the further development of the Korean Long-Term Care System, we analyzed the validity of the assessment tools of cognitive impairment and behavioral problems for the Korean Long-Term Care...
OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of how much the presence of dementia is underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed in the elderly population by themselves.
METHOD: The number of self-professed dementia cases was compared to the...
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study was to investigate what aspects of evaluation was ordered for diagnosis of dementia up to the present in Korea.
METHODS: Article review was performed...
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyze psychosocial factors associated with suicidal idea among Korean elderly.
METHODS: The sociodemographic data and psychopathology were evaluated by questionnaire and psychiatric interview...
The poverty families, who take care of the demented elderly, can suffer from the deficiency of social services for dementia and the condition and nature the families have. Therefore, This...