Prevalence of dementia in nursing home and community-dwelling older adults in Germany.
| Autoren/Herausgeber: |
Hoffmann, F. Kaduszkiewicz, H. Glaeske, G. van den Bussche, H. Koller, D. |
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| Erschienen: | 2014 |
| Publikationsart: | Articles in Refereed Journals (International) |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 1720-8319 |
| erschienen in: | Aging Clin Exp Res |
| Weitere Quellenangabe: | Volume 26, Issue 5, pp 555-559 |
Abstract
Background/aim
We compared the prevalence of dementia in nursing home residents and community-dwelling older adults .
Methods
Using health insurance claims data for the year 2009, we estimated the prevalence of at least three of four quarters with a diagnosis of dementia in persons aged ≥65 years.
Results
Of 213,694 persons aged 65+ years, 4,584 (2.2 %) lived in nursing homes. The prevalence of dementia was 51.8 % (95 % CI 50.4–53.3) in nursing home residents and 2.7 % (95 % CI 2.6–2.8) in community-dwelling elderly. Increasing prevalences with age were found in both sexes in community-dwelling elderly. These trends were not seen in nursing home residents where prevalences were already high for the age group 65–69 years (35.7 % in males and 40.9 % in females, respectively).
Conclusions
More than half of nursing home residents suffer from dementia, which is about 19-fold higher than the prevalence in insured living in the community.
