Introduction: Agitation is common in dementia and is associated with use of restraints and use of psychotropic drugs. The aim of this study was to determine whether an education and supervision intervention could reduce agitation and the use of restraints and antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes.; Method: Four Norwegian nursing homes were randomly allocated to […]
Objective: To investigate the use of formal care during the first three years after diagnosis of mild dementia and identify cost-predicting factors. Design: Prospective longitudinal study over three years. Setting: An incidence-based bottom–up cost-of-illness study where information about formal health care services was drawn from the municipalities’ registers during the first three years after the […]