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Dementia in Nursing Home Patients: Assessment and Management
Solasinee Hemrungrojn, Jeffrey L Cummings. Psychiatry in Long-Term Care, 2009-03-06
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Abstract Currently 4 million Americans suffer from dementia. Without effective treatment, the number of patients with dementia, primarily Alzheimer’s disease (AD), is estimated to reach 13.2 million by 2050 (Hebert et al., 2003). Most patients with dementia are eventually admitted to nursing homes, and patients with dementia comprise a large segment of the nursing home population. Dementia afLicts 50% of the residents in nursing homes in the United States (Delacourte et al., 1999). In a Swedish study, Fratiglioni and colleagues found that 77% of patients with moderate to severe dementia were inpatient residents in nursing homes. Similarly, many survey studies report that the number of severely demented patients is high in institutions of long-term care (Fratiglioni, 1996). Mayeux (1994) and colleagues noted that the proportion of severely demented patients living in nursing homes in the state of New York was 65%. It is estimated that in the year 2020 there will be more than 3 million severely demented patients requiring long-term care (Teresi et al., 1994). The cost for dementia care in nursing homes is a major national health care expenditure. The estimated annual nursing cost for dementia in 1986 was $22,458.00 per patient per year, rising to $42,230.00 in 1997 (O’Brien & Caro, 2001).
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Hemrungrojn, S., & Cummings, J. L. (2009). Dementia in Nursing Home Patients: Assessment and Management. Psychiatry in Long-Term Care. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195160949.003.0002
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Hemrungrojn S, Cummings JL. Dementia in Nursing Home Patients: Assessment and Management. Psychiatry in Long-Term Care. 2009. doi:10.1093/oso/9780195160949.003.0002.
BibTeX
@article{hemrungrojn2009-ee20fc50,
author = {Hemrungrojn, Solasinee and Cummings, Jeffrey L},
title = {{Dementia in Nursing Home Patients: Assessment and Management}},
journal = {Psychiatry in Long-Term Care},
year = {2009},
doi = {10.1093/oso/9780195160949.003.0002},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195160949.003.0002}
}
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Key findings
- Similarly, many survey studies report that the number of severely demented patients is high in institutions of long-term care (Fratiglioni, 1996).
- Mayeux (1994) and colleagues noted that the proportion of severely demented patients living in nursing homes in the state of New York was 65%.
- It is estimated that in the year 2020 there will be more than 3 million severely demented patients requiring long-term care (Teresi et al., 1994).
- The cost for dementia care in nursing homes is a major national health care expenditure.
- The estimated annual nursing cost for dementia in 1986 was $22,458.00 per patient per year, rising to $42,230.00 in 1997 (O’Brien & Caro, 2001).
Why it matters
This article describes the assessment and management of dementia in nursing home patients and the costs of their care. It provides no information on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease itself.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 26/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record and institution's track record, so those were left out: it earned 24 of the 93 points we could judge it on, which is 26 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
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| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Psychiatry in Long-Term Care) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2009 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 0 / 7 | Cited 0 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.0 citations a year over 19 year(s) since 2009 |
| Impact for its field and year | 0 / 6 | Cited 0.0× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 4 / 4 | Last-listed author Jeffrey L. Cummings: h-index 175 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 0 institution(s) in 0 countries — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 24 / 93 | Scored on 18 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 24 of the 93 points we could judge it on is 26 out of 100. |
| Total | 26 / 100 | — |
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