Moving forward: Evaluating a curriculum for managing responsive behaviors in a geriatric psychiatry inpatient population

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 570-576

  Speziale, Jennifer ^a   Black, Ed ^a   Coatsworth Puspoky, Robin ^b   Ross, Tom ^a   O'Regan, Tony ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Lambton College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Challenging behaviors; Dementia care; Gentle persuasive approaches; Geriatric psychiatry; Responsive behaviors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANADA; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENTLE PERSUASIVE APPROACHES CURRICULUM; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 68049087727     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp069     Document Type: Article

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