Resource Use and Disease Course in dementia - Nursing Home (REDIC-NH), a longitudinal cohort study; design and patient characteristics at admission to Norwegian nursing homes

• Main Authors: Irene Røen (Author), Geir Selbæk (Author), Øyvind Kirkevold (Author), Knut Engedal (Author), Ingelin Testad (Author), Sverre Bergh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Earlier studies of nursing home patients show a high prevalence of dementia, neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS), pain, and dependency in activities of daily living. The REDIC-NH cohort was set up to study the disease course and the resources used in patients with dementia in Norway....