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Agitation in nursing home residents
— the role of gender and social context | | Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 12, no 4, December 2000 |
| Pages | pp 495-512 |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Aggression ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Social interaction ; Care home staff ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The relationship between gender of resident, staff social interaction, and agitation in 46 nursing home residents (31 male and 15 female) with clinically significant agitation. Direct observations were conducted of resident behaviours and environmental contextual events using a computer-assisted, real-time observation system recording frequency, duration, and temporal sequencing of events. Females displayed almost three times the amount of agitation as males (35% vs 13% of total observation time, respectively), although men in the study were more likely to receive psychoactive drugs for their agitation. Staff spent similar amounts of time verbally interacting and touching male and female residents. The likelihood of staff verbal and touch interactions both preceding and following resident agitation were analysed using Bakeman and Quera's (1995) SDIS-GSEQ programme. Results suggest that staff touch and verbal interaction elicit agitation in a significant proportion of residents. Once agitation occurs, staff were likely to respond by interacting verbally, but not physically, with the resident. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010321204 A |
| Classmark | EP: EPB: KX: LHB: TMA: QRM: 7T |
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