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Agitation and dementia-related problem behaviors and case management in long-term care
Author(s)	Sadhna Diwan, Victoria L Phillips
Journal title	International Psychogeriatrics, vol 13, no 1, March 2001
Pages	pp 5-22
Keywords	Behaviour disorders ; Dementia ; Case work ; Management [care] ; Domiciliary services ; Community care ; Long term ; United States of America.
Annotation	Existing data on case management (CM) time were analysed to investigate the impact of agitation and dementia-related behaviour problems on the use of CM time by 242 older clients in a Medicaid waiver-funded home and community-based services programme. For the 73 clients with dementia, regression analysis revealed that having problem behaviours resulted in increased use of CM time. For clients with behaviour problems, those with greater functional ability consumed greater CM time. Content analysis revealed that most CM activity focused on service co-ordination rather than on direct attempts to manage problem behaviours. Implications for CM programmes include the need to consider case mix when allocating caseload size, and the provision of specific training on interventions to tackle behaviour problems. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-011009207 A
Classmark	EP: EA: IGA: QA: N: PA: 4Q: 7T
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