{"title":"Psychiatry of old age.","authors":"J Hoare","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Some 25% of those over 80 suffer from dementia -- just one of the mental health problems that affect elderly people. Their care is compounded by physical difficulties and ill health and, often, by the lack of relatives to assist in their care.</p>","PeriodicalId":79614,"journal":{"name":"Health services management","volume":"89 4","pages":"20-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health services management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Some 25% of those over 80 suffer from dementia -- just one of the mental health problems that affect elderly people. Their care is compounded by physical difficulties and ill health and, often, by the lack of relatives to assist in their care.