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Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 323-329 , June 2009

Correlates of Functional Dependence Among Recently Admitted Assisted Living Residents With and Without Dementia

  • Quincy M. Samus, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Quincy M. Samus, PhD, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 550 North Broadway, Suite 308, Baltimore, MD 21205.
    • ,
  • Lawrence Mayer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Chiadi U. Onyike, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Jason Brandt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • The Copper Ridge Institute, Sykesville, MD
    • ,
  • Alva Baker, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Copper Ridge Institute, Sykesville, MD
    • ,
  • Matthew McNabney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • The Copper Ridge Institute, Sykesville, MD
    • ,
  • Constantine G. Lyketsos, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • The Copper Ridge Institute, Sykesville, MD
    • Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Bayview, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Adam Rosenblatt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • The Copper Ridge Institute, Sykesville, MD

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 This project was supported by Grant R01MH60626 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA).

PII: S1525-8610(09)00027-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.01.004

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