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Mental health problems in assisted living residents higher than expected

Published in Health and Medicine Week, October 18th, 2004

The first large-scale comparative study of the mental health of assisted living residents has found a higher rate than expected of a range of mental health problems in this rapidly growing population.

The study, which appears in the October 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, reported that two thirds of 2100 assisted living residents studied exhibited mental health problem indicators. Half suffered from dementia, and a quarter exhibited indicators of depression.

More than half the assisted living residents studied took psychotropic medications including antipsychotics, antidepressants or sedatives.

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Source: Health and Medicine Week (2004-10-18)

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