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| Behavioral approaches for reducing agitation in residents of long-term care facilities: critical review and suggestions for future research | | Author(s) | Philippe Landreville, Marika Bordes, Louise Dicaire |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 10, no 4, December 1998 |
| Pages | pp 397-419 |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Therapy ; Research. |
| Annotation | Many residents in long-term care facilities demonstrate agitated behaviours. Research on behavioural approaches for reducing agitation in nursing home residents has been conducted during the past 25 years. This research is critically reviewed in this article and suggestions for future research are offered. Empirical evidence suggests that behavioural approaches are effective. Antecedent control strategies have been shown to reduce physically non-aggressive behaviours. Both aggressive and verbally agitated behaviours have been successfully treated by manipulating reinforcing consequences of these behaviours. Future research in this area needs to test behavioural treatments using randomised group designs, compare behavioural interventions to other treatments used alone or in combination, specify criteria for clinically significant improvement, diversify and ascertain the validity of assessment methods, and verify the maintenance of treatment effects over relatively long follow-up periods. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990224404 A |
| Classmark | EP: LHB:LF: LO: 3A |
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