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Mental Status And Time Of Day In Elderly Nursing Home Residents, Lynn S. Lashley
Mental Status And Time Of Day In Elderly Nursing Home Residents, Lynn S. Lashley
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The purpose of this quantitative and qualitative descriptive study was to examine the differences in mental status at morning and evening hours of the day among elderly nursing home residents and to describe behaviors and environmental cues associated with changes in mental status. Residents, aged 70 to 90 years who were mobile, were selected from a sample of convenience at a 100-bed rural nursing home in West Central Alabama. A total of 48 residents, 33 females and 15 males, participated in the study. Demographic data were obtained from the health care records. Mental status of each subject was measured, using …