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| Effective behavioral interventions for decreasing dementia-related challenging behavior in nursing homes | | Author(s) | Rebecca Allen-Burge, Alan B Stevens, Louis D Burgio |
| Corporate Author | "What Works in Dementia Care" Symposium, Stirling, 1998 |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 3 [Proceedings of the symposium held in Scotland, June 1998, Part 2], March 1999 |
| Pages | pp 213-227 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Wandering ; Aggression ; Nursing homes ; Psychiatric treatment ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | This paper provides a selective review of behavioural intervention research aimed at successfully decreasing dementia-related challenging behaviours in nursing homes. The authors include separate discussions of behavioural excesses (disruptive vocalisation, wandering, physical and verbal aggression) and deficit (excess dependency, therapeutic activities, social interaction / communication). Descriptions of interventions used to tackle each behaviour problem are followed by methodological evaluations of the research. The paper concludes with a description of a comprehensive programme for teaching behaviour management skills to nurse aides and a motivational system for maintaining the performance of these skills over the long term. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825243 A |
| Classmark | EA: EP: EPC: EPB: LHB: LP: 3A:6KC |
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