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Economic costs were evaluated for 25 nursing home patients and 19 elderly living in their own homes gathered through a household survey. Using time records compiled by nurses or family members for a 2-week period, the costs incurred annually in caring for a senile demented elderly person at home were estimated to average 11, 735, and in a nursing home, 22, 458.
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