Factors Associated With Long-term Institutionalization of Older People With Dementia: Data From the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

Hébert, Réjean; Dubois, Marie‐France; Wolfson, Christina; W. Chambers, Larry; Cohen, Carole

doi:10.1093/gerona/56.11.m693

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Factors Associated With Long-term Institutionalization of Older People With Dementia: Data From the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

Published in The Journals of Gerontology Series A • Nov 1, 2001

Authors:

Réjean Hébert

Marie‐France Dubois

Christina Wolfson

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In Canada, half the people with dementia live in institutions. Factors associated with institutionalization should be identified with the goal of implementing strategies not only to permit those with dementia to stay in their homes as long as is feasible but also to ensure that steps are...

Subject

Dementia

Institutionalisation

Caregiver burden

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