Impact of family visits on agitation in residents with dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 163-166

  Martin Cook, K ^a   Hynan, L ^a   Chafetz, P K ^a   Weiner, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Alzheimer's disease; Behaviors; Long term care; Visiting

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034953008     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750101600307     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Management of behavioral disturbance in Alzheimer disease: Current knowledge and future directions
2. Relation of cognitive status and abnormal behaviors in Alzheimer's disease
3. Behavioral disturbance, cognitive dysfunction, and functional skill
4. Understanding difficult behaviors in nursing home residents: A prerequisite for sensitive clinical assessment and care
5. Nursing interventions for patients with Alzheimer's disease
6. An observational study of agitation in agitated nursing home residents
7. Effects of touch on communication with elderly confused clients
8. Agitation in elderly persons: An integrative report of findings in a nursing home
9. The social environment of the agitated nursing home resident
10. Caregiver and environmental variables related to difficult behaviors in institutionalized, demented elderly persons
11. Changes in verbal interaction among members of resocialization groups
12. Effects of pet and/or people visits on nursing home residents
13. Family involvement in nursing homes
14. Family visiting with institutionalized mentally impaired aged
15. Caring for the elderly mentally infirm at home: A survey of supporters
16. The global deterioration scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia
17. Caring for a family member with cancer: Past communal behavior and affective reactions
18. On methods in the analysis of profile data