A comparison of two treatments of agitated behavior in nursing home residents with dementia: Simulated family presence and preferred music

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 514-521

  Garland, Kathryn ^b,c   Beer, Edwina ^a,c   Eppingstall, Barbara ^a,c   O'Connor, Daniel W ^a,c,d  

^a Department of Biomedical Science   (Australia)

^b Department of Behavioral Studies

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Kingston Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agitation; Dementia; Family; Nursing home; Psychological treatment

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; RELATIVE; SIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESTLESSNESS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547668993     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000249388.37080.b4     Document Type: Article

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