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| Determinants of the effectiveness of one-to-one social interactions for treating verbally disruptive behaviors | | Author(s) | Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Perla Werner |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 4, no 3, Fall 1998 |
| Pages | pp 323-334 |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Dementia ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Social interaction ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Prior studies indicate that verbally disruptive behaviours signal discomfort and, probably, loneliness and fear among nursing home residents. In order to address these feelings, 41 verbally disruptive residents were exposed to a one-to-one interaction with a trained research assistant. The content of the interaction and the reaction of the residents were recorded by the research assistant. The effectiveness of the interaction was assessed by coding audiotapes of verbal disruptive behaviours prior to and during the intervention. The most common activity was talking to the resident about the weather or about family and the second one was reading to the resident. The resident's response to the intervention during the first session predicted the response in all other sessions. The intervention was more effective for residents who were less cognitively impaired (relative to this population). Talking about the past, the resident's hobbies, holidays, food, and family were associated with decreases in verbally disruptive behaviours. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981202404 A |
| Classmark | EP: EA: LHB:LF: TMA: 7T |
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