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- Publisher
- Springer Publishing
- ISSN
- 0739-6686
- eISSN
- 1944-4028
- DOI
- 10.1891/0739-6686.9.1.19
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Abstract
Chapter 2 MERlDEAN L. MAAS COLLEGE OF NURSING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA KATHLEEN C. BUCKWALTER COU..EOE OF NURSING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CONTENTS Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type Theoretical Orientations Nursing Assessment Sundown Syndrome Functional Status Eva/uation of Nursing Assessment Research Client Responses and Nursing Interventions Home-Based Care Evaluation of Home-Based Care Research Institutional Settings Evaluation of Research in Institutions Research Issues Methodological Issues Recommendations for Future Research Summary [n 1907 Alois Alzhe imer delineated a syndrome that remained in virtual obscurity until the past decade. Long attributed to senility, hardening of lhe arteries, or the aging process, Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type or Alzheimer's disease (AD) is now a household word. Approximately 10% of persons between the ages of 65 and 75 years and 25% of those over 85 are reponed to suffer some form of dementia (Evans et aI., 1989). Sixty percent of the elderly who are demented are reponed to have Alzheimer's disease 19 20 RESEARCH ON NURSING PRAcnCE (Fryer, 1983; Pajik, 1984). Also, as the percentage of older Americans increases from 11.3% in 1980 to 21.6% by the year 2040, the number of cases of Alzheimer's disease is e:tpected to quintuple (Office of Technology
Journal
Annual Review of Nursing Research – Springer Publishing
Published: Jan 1, 1991