Consensus Statement on Improving the Quality of Mental Health Care in U.S. Nursing Homes: Management of Depression and Behavioral Symptoms Associated with Dementia

  1. American Geriatrics Society and American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Article first published online: 15 AUG 2003

DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51415.x

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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 51, Issue 9, pages 1287–1298, September 2003

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American Geriatrics Society and American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (2003), Consensus Statement on Improving the Quality of Mental Health Care in U.S. Nursing Homes: Management of Depression and Behavioral Symptoms Associated with Dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 51: 1287–1298. doi: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51415.x

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*Address correspondence to Elvy Ickowicz, MPH, Associate Director, Professional and Public Education, American Geriatrics Society, 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 801, New York, NY 10118. E-mail: eickowicz@americangeriatrics.org

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  1. Issue published online: 15 AUG 2003
  2. Article first published online: 15 AUG 2003

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Keywords:

  • behavioral symptoms;
  • clinical recommendations;
  • dementia;
  • depression;
  • nursing homes

The American Geriatrics Society and American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Expert Panel on Quality Mental Health Care in Nursing Homes developed this consensus statement.

The following organizations were represented on the expert panel and have reviewed and endorsed‡ the consensus statement:

Alzheimer's Association, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, American College of Health Care Administrators, American Geriatrics Society, American Health Care Association, American Medical Directors Association, American Society on Aging, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, Gerontological Society of America, National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long-Term Care, National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners.

The following organizations were also represented on the expert panel and reviewed and commented on the consensus statement:

American Psychiatric Association: Council on Aging, American Psychological Association.

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