Are staff reliable informants? Identifying the triggers to challenging behaviours in dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 598-600

  James, Ian Andrew ^a,b   McClintock, Karen ^b   Reichelt, F Katharina ^a   Ellingford, Jenny ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250769507     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1685     Document Type: Article

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