[Placing of patients with dementia in nursing homes as evaluated by the Gottfries-Bråne-Steen scale].

Sixteen gerontopsychiatric inpatients were compared with 33 residents in a somatic nursing home by Gottfries-Bråne-Steen scale. Both groups showed symptoms of mental deterioration of intellectual and also emotional character. The gerontopsychiatric inpatients showed significantly more emotional deterioration than the others. It was concluded, that especially the emotional defect in combination with intellectual deterioration is the cause of the placement in a psychiatric ward.