We thank Dufournet et al for a thorough review of factors involving nursing home placement
for patients with cognitive difficulty.
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However, their conclusion gives the impression that the extent of cognitive impairment,
neuropsychiatric symptoms, and behavioral disorders, has little to no impact on caregiver
burden scale that merits further discussion.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Reference
- Impact of cognitive, functional, behavioral disorders, and caregiver burden on the risk of nursing home placement.J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019; 20: 1254-1262
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Published online: March 11, 2020
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Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
