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| Relationship between patient characteristics and the effectiveness of nonpharmacologic approaches to prevent or treat behavioral symptoms | | Author(s) | Katie Maslow |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 8, supplement 1, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 73-76 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour ; Symptoms ; Preventative medicine ; Behaviour modification. |
| Annotation | Behavioural symptoms in people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias are important because they imply distress and because they are likely to have negative consequences for the person, his or her family, and other informal and formal (paid) caregivers. In nursing and residential care homes, such behavioural symptoms are also likely to have negative consequences for other residents who live in close proximity to demented individuals. This article points to the lack of positive findings in many studies evaluating the impact of special care units on residents' behavioural symptoms and the limited positive findings in other such studies may be due in part to the heterogeneity of people with dementia. More generally, this article proposes that the effectiveness of particular approaches to prevent or treat behavioural symptoms in people with dementia will vary for those with different characteristics. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980305214 A |
| Classmark | EA: DM: CT: LK2: LODM |
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