Staff-administered functional analysis and treatment of aggression by an elder with dementia

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-474

  Baker, Jonathan C ^a,b   Hanley, Gregory P ^a   Mark Mathews, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia; Escape; Functional analysis; Noncontingent escape; Noncontingent reinforcement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYGIENE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33947242509     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2006.80-05     Document Type: Article

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