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Environmental "white noise"
— an intervention for verbally agitated nursing home residents | | Author(s) | Louis Burgio, Kay Scilley, J Michael Hardin |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 51B, no 6, November 1996 |
| Pages | pp P364-P373 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Noise ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study presents preliminary data on the efficacy of two environmental 'white noise' audio tapes for the treatment of verbal agitation in severely demented nursing home residents. The researchers employed a computer-assisted real-time observational system to assess both the frequency of verbal agitation, and the actual use of the intervention on the nursing units (treatment fidelity). Intervention by nurse aides (NAs) on the unit was preceded by a researcher-controlled functional analysis phase that provided information regarding which of the two tapes would be most effective for individual residents. Results indicate a 23% reduction in verbal agitation with this individualised treatment strategy on the nursing units. These results were obtained, even though treatment fidelity data showed that the the tapes were used during only 51% of the observations. The need for formal staff management procedures for increasing staff staff compliance with treatment regimens is discussed. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971125229 A |
| Classmark | EA: EP: RAN: KX: LHB: 3F: 7T |
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