Trajectories of physical performance in nursing home residents with dementia.

CONCLUSIONS: To prevent excessive decline in physical performance in this population, NH clinicians should focus efforts specifically on assessment of physical performance at admission and on identification and management of musculoskeletal pain and neuropsychiatric symptoms.
PMID: 32060802 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - February 13, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sverdrup K, Bergh S, Selbæk G, Benth JŠ, Røen IM, Husebo B, Tangen GG Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research