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Articles by Jostein Holmen
Are elderly HUNT participants healthier than before?
- Ragnhild Holmberg Aunsmo,
- Jostein Holmen
18.09.2017:
Population prognoses indicate that the number of elderly people will increase strongly in the years to come, partly because of the large post-war cohorts and partly because of rising life expectancy. The mortality from a number of diseases is falling because of the improvement in treatment methods...
Dementia and neuropsychiatric symptoms in nursing-home patients in Nord-Trøndelag County
- Sverre Bergh,
- Jostein Holmen,
- Ingvild Saltvedt,
- Kristian Tambs,
- Geir Selbæk
18.09.2012:
Dementia is a syndrome that encompasses cognitive failure, change of behaviour and/or social functioning and failure to function in daily life. Approximately 70 000 persons suffer from dementia in Norway (1). The most frequently occurring forms are Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia...