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DEMENTIA

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Blessed dementia information memory concentration test. Retrieved August 9, 2004

Clock Drawing Test.Retrieved August 9, 2004

Conedera, F., & Mitchell, L. (Spring 2004). Try This: Best practices in nursing care to older adults with dementia: Therapeutic activity kits, 1(4). Retrieved August 17, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University

Cotter, V. T., & Evans, L. K. (Summer 2003). Try This: Best practices in nursing care to older adults with dementia: Avoiding restraints in patients with dementia, 1(1). Retrieved July 20, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University

Fick, D., & Mion, L. (November 2005). Assessing and Managing Delirium in Persons with Dementia(1). Retrieved June 8, 2005, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University

Horgas, A. L. (2003). Try this: Assessing pain in persons with dementia, Volume 1, Number 2. Retrieved June 7, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University

Kennedy, G. J. (Fall 2003). Try This: Best practices in nursing care to older adults with dementia: Brief evaluation of executive dysfunction: An essential refinement in the assessment of cognitive impairment, 1(3). Retrieved August 9, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University

Kurlowitz, L. (May, 1999). Try this: The geriatric depression scale (GDS), Issue #4. Retrieved July 28, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University Web

Kurlowitz, L, & Wallace, M. (Jan 1999). Try this: Best practices in nursing care to older adults: The mini mental state examination (MMSE), Issue #3. Retrieved June 6, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University

Mezey, M., & Maslow, K. (Summer 2004). Try This: Best practices in nursing care to older adults with dementia: Recognition of dementia in hospitalized older adults, 1(5). Retrieved August 17, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University

Mitty, E. L. (Spring 2005). Decision Making and Dementia. Retrieved June 8, 2005, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University

Overall, J. E., & Gorham, D. R. (1962). The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) (Version 4.0). Psychological Reports, 10, 799-812. Retrieved August 9, 2004

Silverstein, N. M., & Flaherty, G. (Summer 2004). Try This: Best practices in nursing care to older adults with dementia: Wandering in the hospitalized older adult, 1(5). Retrieved August 17, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University

Solomon, P. R. (2000). Recognizing the Alzheimer's disease patient: The 7 minute screen. Retrieved August 9, 2004

The Hachinski Ischemic Index.Retrieved August 9, 2004 from the Merck Manual of Geriatrics

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (NBPG) Project. Best practice guideline: Screening for delirium, dementia and depression in older adults. Retrieved June 6, 2004

The Washington University Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR). Retrieved August 9, 2004

Trail Making Tests. Retrieved August 9, 2004

Waszynski, C. M. (Nov 2001). Try this: Best practices in nursing care to older adults: Confusion assessment method, Issue #13. Retrieved June 6, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University

Last updated - June 2005