Mental health correlates of aggression in nursing home residents with dementia

Gerontologist

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-177

  Talerico, Karen Amann ^a   Evans, Lois K ^b   Strumpf, Neville E ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Communication; Depression; Long term care; Physical restraint use; Psychoactive drug use

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036201482     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/42.2.169     Document Type: Article

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