Preliminary study of a non-pharmacological intervention for reducing verbal agitation in dementia patients;Étude préliminaire d'une intervention non-pharmacologique pour réduire l'agitation verbale chez les personnes atteintes de démence

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-328

  Bédard, Annick ^a   Landreville, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agitation; Attention; Dementia; Disturbing behaviors; Elderly; Intervention; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645224385     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2006.0002     Document Type: Article

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