Mobility and cognition at admission to the nursing home-A cross-sectional study
BMC Geriatrics Feb 02, 2018
Sverdrup K, et al. - This study is performed to describe mobility at admission to nursing homes. In addition, the physicians investigate the associations between degree of dementia and mobility. Both in terms of cognition and mobility at admission, nursing home residents form a frail, but a heterogeneous group. A negative association is found between mobility with cognitive function. In comparison with residents with moderate dementia, residents with severe dementia have significantly lower levels of mobility.
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