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A day hospital for cognitive disorders — experience of the first year of activity
Author(s)	Cristina Geroldi, Giovanni B Frisoni, Orazio Zanetti
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 11, no 10, October 1996
Pages	pp 895-899
Keywords	Cognitive impairment ; Dementia ; Patients ; Day hospitals ; Psychiatric units ; Evaluation ; Italy.
Annotation	The aims of this study were to: describe the typology of patients admitted to the day hospital for cognitive disorders of the Alzheimer's Disease Unit, Brescia, Italy; and describe the diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative interventions carried out. Data are presented on the first 102 consecutive patients admitted to the day hospital, 75% of whom had not previously received an appropriate diagnostic evaluation. Mean length of stay in the day hospital was 5 days for patients receiving diagnostic evaluation only, 2 weeks for those receiving treatment for medical disorders or behavioural disturbance, and 1 month for cognitive rehabilitation. Though the effectiveness and usefulness of a day hospital service remains largely undemonstrated in terms of user satisfaction and quality of care, this study suggests a day hospital may have a role in the diagnosis of cognitive disorder.
Accession Number	CPA-970421011 A
Classmark	E4: EA: LF: LDD: LDL: 4C: 76V
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