@article{ref1,
title="Cognitive profiles of elder adult protective services clients living in squalor",
journal="Journal of elder abuse and neglect",
year="2014",
author="Aamodt, Whitley W. and Terracina, Katherine A. and Schillerstrom, Jason E.",
volume="27",
number="1",
pages="65-73",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To determine whether squalor-dwelling Adult Protective Services (APS) clients were more cognitively impaired than non-squalor dwelling APS clients referred for decision-making capacity assessments. <br><br>METHODS: The authors performed a retrospective medical record review of neuropsychological and demographic data gathered during decisional capacity assessments. Squalor-dwelling was defined by unsanitary living conditions that posed a danger to the occupant's health or safety. Mean neuropsychological test scores were compared between squalor-dwelling (n = 50) and non-squalor dwelling (n = 180) subjects. <br><br>RESULTS: Squalor-dwelling clients were significantly younger than non-squalor dwelling clients. There were no distribution differences between gender, education, race, or rural-dwelling status. Although both groups performed poorly on each neuropsychological measure, squalor dwellers demonstrated better memory and general cognitive performance. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Cognition, depression, gender, race, education, dementia diagnosis, and rural-dwelling status seem insufficient to explain squalor-dwelling behaviors. Other biological and psychosocial variables should be considered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-6566",
doi="10.1080/08946566.2014.952484",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2014.952484"
}