Agitation and Resistiveness to Care Are Two Separate Behavioral Syndromes of Dementia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 527-532

  Volicer, Ladislav ^a   Bass, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Luther, Stephen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; dementia; resistiveness to care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 34948853243     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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