Nonpharmacological management of agitated behaviours associated with dementia

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 26-30

  Forbes, Dorothy A ^a   Peacock, Shelley ^b   Morgan, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SASKATCHEWAN POLYTECHNIC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agitation; Alzheimer's disease; Behaviour; Dementia; Nonpharmacological strategies

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; LAVENDER OIL; PLACEBO; SUNFLOWER OIL;

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; MUSIC THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIMULATION; SKILL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 19044363591     PISSN: 14888408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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