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| The relationship between self-destructive behaviour and nursing home environment | | Author(s) | L-F Low, B Draper, H Brodaty |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 8, no 1, January 2004 |
| Pages | pp 29-33 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Suicide ; Nursing homes ; Cross sectional surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The authors performed a cross-sectional study of 647 residents in 11 nursing homes in Australia using the Harmful Behaviours Scale (HBS), the Abbreviated Mental Test Scale and the Resident Classification Index. Directors of Nursing completed a questionnaire that rated physical design, and staff and resident characteristics. Demographics were obtained from nursing home records. On regression analysis, a greater number of design features for the frail and residents with dementia in general and increased security measures were associated with greater HBS total score and risk-taking and passive self-harm sub-scales. A residential environment in which the residents were more functionally dependent and more likely to be in a shared room, management policies less geared towards managing difficult behaviour and less staff availability and training were associated with the "uncooperativeness" factor. There were no significant predictors of the other two factors. The relationship between nursing home environment and self-destructive behaviours, and the environment is complex, and there needs to be an individualised approach to placement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040311208 A |
| Classmark | EP: EV: LHB: 3KB: 7YA |
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