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psychogeriatric
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adjective
- technical_term.(of an older person) no longer in touch with everyday realities; exhibiting delusions; mentally incompetent
noun
- a confused old person
- an impersonal label for a patient, as a unit, requiring institutional services appropriate for a mentally disordered old person
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William E. Reichman Toronto The writer, a gerontologist, is the chief executive of Baycrest, a center for the study and care of older adults with dementia, and president of the Milwaukee-based International Psychogeriatric Association.
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