Brief training to promote the use of less intrusive prompts by nursing assistants in a dementia care unit

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-132

  Engelman, Kimberly K ^a,c   Altus, Deborah E ^b   Mosier, Michael C ^b   Mathews, R Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia care; Prompts; Staff training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NURSES' AIDES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0042161515     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-129     Document Type: Article

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