Abstract
Progressive aging of general population recorded in Italy has caused an increase of the number of centenarians. Such high age is often associated with failure of many psychic and physical functions, and centenarians are therefore often not independent (partially or completely) and require particular care.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Rubenstein L.Z., Josephson K. R., Wieland G. D., English T. A., Sayre J.A., Kane R.L. Effectiveness of a Geriatric valuation unit: a randomized clinical trial. N. Engl. J. Med. 1984; 311:1664–7
Katz S., Ford A. B., Moscowitz R. W., Jackson. V.A., Jaffee M. W., Studies of illness in the aged: the index of ADL: a standardized measure of biological and psychosocial function. Jama 1963:185:914–9
Lawton M.T., Brody E.M., Assessment of older people: self mantaining and instrumental activities of daily living. Gerontologist 1969;9:179–86.
Folstein M.S., Folstein S.E., McHugh P.R. Minimental state: a pratical method for rading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J. Psychiatr. Res. 1975;12:189–98.
Yesavage J.A., Brink T.L., Rose L. et al. Development and Validation of Ageriatric Depression Screening Scale: A preliminary report. J. Psychiatr. Res. 1982; 17: 37–49.
Williams M.E., Hadler N.M., Earp J.A. manual ability as a marker of dependancy in geriatric woman. J. Chronic. Dis. 1982 35:115–226.
Williams M.E., Hornberger J.C. A quantitative method of identifying older persons at risk for increasing long term care services. J. Croni. Dis. 1984; 37: 705–11.
Tinetti M.E., Ginter S.F. Identifying mobility dysfunction in elderly patients: standard neuromuscolar examination or direct assessment? Jama 1988; 259:1190–3.
Folstein M., Anthony J.C., Parhad I., Duffy B., Gruenberg E.M. The meaning cognitive impairment in the elderly J. Am. Ger. Soc. 1985; 4:228–35.
Nelson A., Fogel B.S., Faust D. Bedside cognitive screening instruments. A critucal assessment. J. Ner. Men.Dis. 1987;2:73–83.
Evans D.A., Beckett L.A., Albert M.S., Hebert L.E., Sherr P. A., Fulkenstein H.H., Taylor J.O. Level of education and changes in cognitive function in a community population of older person. Ann. Epidemiol., 1993;3:71–77.
Bleecker M.L., Bolla-Wilson K., Kawas C., Agnew J., Age specific norms for the mini-mental state exam. Neurology 1988; 38: 1565–68.
Heeren T.J., Lagaay A.M., Beek W.C.A., Rooymans H.G.M., Hijmans W. Reference values for the minimental state examination in octo and nonagerians. 1990 J. Am. Ger. Soc. 38: 1093–96.
Johansson B., Zarit S.H., Berg S. Changes in cognitive functioning of the oldest old. J. Gerontology 1992 47:2:75–80.
Johansson B., Berg S., The robustness of the terminal decline phoenomen: Longitudinal data from the digit-span memory test. J. Gerontology 1989, 44:184–86.
Ritchie K. Kildea D. Is senile dementia “age-related” or “ageing related”?-Evidence from meta-analysis of dementia prevalence in the oldest old. The Lancet, 1996, 8980:931.
Feher E.P., Mahurin R.K., Doody R.S., Cooke N., Sims J., Pirozzolo F. J. Establishing the limits of the mini-mental state. Arch. Neurol. 1992, 49:87–92.
Grimbly A., Berg S. Stressful life events and cognitive function in late life. Aging clin. Exp. Res. 1995, 7:35–39.
Villardita C. Diagnostica neuropsicologica:problematiche nell’anziano. Giorn. Geront. 1992, 40: 459–63.
Valente C., Maione P., Lippi A., Taiti P., Cavarzeran F., Rocca W.A., Amaducci L., Ravazzano A. Validaz-ione del mini-mental state examination come strumento di screening per demenza in una popolazione italiana. Giorn. Geront. 1992 40: 161–65.
Scurti R., Pennese F., Palombo V., Cesauri O., Puddu G.M., Abate G. Validazione del mini-mental state in una popolazione geriatrica italiana. Giorn. Geront. 1993 41: 407–411.
Italian Multicentric Study on Centenarians, I centenari in Italia: aspetti epidemiologici e clinico-biologici. Lettura al 96° Congresso della S.I.M.I.-Roma 12–15 ottobre 1995.
Brandt J., Spencers M., Folstein M, The telephone interview for cognitive status. NNBM 1988 1:111–117
Del Lungo I., Bandinelli S., Benvenuti E., Cecchi F., Alunno S., Salani B., Benvenuti F., Ferrucci L., Baroni A., Lo screening del deterioramento cognitivo nelle persone anziane. Taratura di un test cognitivo verbale rispetto al MiniMental State, Giorn. Geront. 1997, (in press).
Pfeiffer E., A short portable mental status questionnaire for the assessment of organic brain deficit in elderly patient. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 1975, 23, 433–441.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1998 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Fradà, G., Pollina, R., Pupella, E., Mangiacavallo, G., Chessari, S., Palazzo, M. (1998). Centenarians in Western Sicily. In: Barbagallo, M., Licata, G., Sowers, J.R. (eds) Recent Advances in Geriatrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1483-5_31
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1483-5_31
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4899-1485-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-4899-1483-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive