The relationship between self-destructive behaviour and nursing home environment

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-33

  Low, L F ^a   Draper, Brian ^a,b   Brodaty, H ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF DESRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0742301242     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860310001613301     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. ANNERSTEDT, L. (1997). Group-living care: an alternative for the demented elderly. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 8, 372-380.
2. Cohen-MANSFIELD, J. & WERNER, P. (1998). The effects of an enhanced environment on nursing home residents who pace. Gerontologist, 38 (2), 199-208.
3. CONWELL, Y., PEARSON, J. & DERENZO, E.G. (1996). Indirect self-destructive behaviour among elderly patients in nursing homes. A research agenda. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 4, 152-163.
4. BOWIE, P. & MOUNTAIN, G. (1997). The relationship between patient behaviour and environmental quality for the dementing. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12, 718-723.
5. BROOATY, H., DRAPER, B. & LOW, L.-F. (2002). What environment and staffing characteristics predict behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in nursing home residents? Psychogeriatrics, 2, 47-53.
6. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. (1992). Classification of nursing home residents. Handbook of Directors of Nursing. Canberra, Australia: Department of Health, Housing and Community Services.
7. DICKINSON, J.I. & McLain-KARK, J. (1998). Wandering behaviour and attempted exits among residents diagnosed with dementia-related illnesses: a qualitative approach. Journal of Women and Aging, 10 (2), 23-34.
8. DRAPER, B., BRODATY, H., LOW, L.-F., RICHARDS, V., PATON, H. & LIE, D. (2002a). Self-destructive behaviours in nursing home residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50 (2), 354-358.
9. DRAPER, B., BRODATY, H. & LOW, L.-F. (2002b). Types of nursing home residents with self-destructive behaviours: analysis of the Harmful Behaviours Scale. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17, 670-675.
10. DRAPER, B., BRODATY, H., LOW, L.-F. & RICHARDS, V. (2003). Prediction of mortality in nursing home residents-impact of passive self-harm behaviours. International Psychogeriatrics., 15, 187-196.
11. HODKINSON, H.M. (1972). Evaluation of a mental test score for assessment of mental impairment in the elderly. Age and Ageing, 1, 233.
12. JONES, I.H. & DANIELS, B.A. (1996). An ethological approach to self-injury. British Journal of Psychiatry, 169, 263-267.
13. KITWOOD, T. (1996). A dialectical framework for dementia. In R.T. WOODS (Ed.), Handbook of the clinical psychology of ageing (pp. 267-282). West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
14. KITWOOD, T. & BENSON, S. (1995). The new culture of dementia care. London: Hawker Publications.
15. LAWTON, M.P., Van HAITSMA, K., KLAPPER, J., KLEBAN, M.H., KATZ, I.R. & CORN, J. (1998). A stimulation-retreat special care unit for elders with dementing illness. International Psychogeriatrics, 10, 379-395.
16. MATTHEWS, E.A., FARRELL, G.A. & BLACKMORE, A.M. (1996). Effects of an environmental manipulation emphasizing client-centred care on agitation and sleep in dementia sufferers in a nursing home. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 24 (3), 439-447.
17. MAYER, R. & DARBY, S.J. (1991). Does a mirror deter wandering in demented older people? International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 6, 607-609.
18. MOONEY, P. & NICELL, P.L. (1992). The importance of exterior environment for Alzheimer residents: effective care and risk management. Healthcare Management Forum, 5, 23-29.
19. NELSON, F.L. & FARBEROW, N.L. (1982). The development of an indirect self-destructive behaviour scale for use with chronically ill medical patients. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 28, 5-13.
20. OSGOOD, N.J., BRANT, B.A. & LIPMAN, A. (1991). Suicide among the elderly in long-term care facilities. New York: Greenwood press.
21. OSGOOD, N.J. (1992). Environmental factors in suicide in long-term care facilities. Suicide and Life-threatening Behaviour, 22 (1), 98-106.
22. ROSEWARNE, R., OPIE, J., BRUCE, A., WARD, S. & DOYLE, C. (1997). Care needs of people with dementia and challenging behaviour living in residential facilities. (Residential dementia care: environments, care practices, staffing and philosophy, Working paper no. 3) Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services.
23. SPSS. (2001). SPSS 10.0 base applications guide. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
24. SLOANE, P.D., MITCHELL, C.M., PREISSER, J.S., PHILLIPS, P., COMMANDER, C. & BURKER, E. (1998). Environmental correlates of resident agitation in Alzheimer's disease special care units. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 46, 862-869.
25. WHALL, A.L., BLACK, M.E., GROH, C.J., YANKOU, D.J., KUPFERSCHMID, B.J. & FOSTER, N.L. (1997). The effect of natural environments upon agitation and aggression in late stage dementia patients. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 12 (5), 216-220.