Time for change: The role of nonpharmacological interventions in treating behavior problems in nursing home residents with dementia

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-40

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b   Mintzer, Jacobo E ^c,d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Research Institute   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Department of Geriatric Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; DEMENTIA; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 21744438645     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wad.0000155066.39184.61     Document Type: Article

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