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Analysis of patients referred for aged care assessment with concerns related to hoarding or squalor.
Intern Med J
; 49(10): 1313-1316, 2019 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31602765
ABSTRACT
Patients referred with concerns related to hoarding and squalor frequently pose significant management challenges. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 120 patients referred to an Aged Care Assessment Service. The hoarding only group comprised 27%, squalor only 15% and hoarding and squalor 53%. Mild cognitive impairment was the most common cognitive diagnosis, no cognitive diagnosis was made in 25% and the usual diagnostic process could not be followed in 13%. This analysis provides relevant Australian specific data to assist with planning service delivery for a group of patients with complex management issues.