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Behaviour rating scales for older people with dementia — which is the best for use by nurses?
Author(s)	Christine C Neville, Gerard J A Byrne
Journal title	Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 20, no 4, December 2001
Pages	pp 166-172
Keywords	Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Evaluation ; Nurses ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	There is increasing awareness of the importance of disruptive behaviour in people with dementia, and the need for rating scales to accurately and reliably measure this behaviour. When rating scales are to be administered by nurses, scale characteristics must take into account the limitations of the nursing role and the nature of the environment in which nurses work. This paper reviews 31 rating scales that have been used to measure behaviour in dementia. From this analysis, five scales were identified as suitable for use by nurses when measuring disruptive behaviour in older people with dementia. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020228210 A
Classmark	EA: EP: 4C: QTE: 64A
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