Can agitated behavior of nursing home residents with dementia be prevented with the use of standardized stimuli?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1459-1464

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b,c   Marx, Marcia S ^a   Dakheel Ali, Maha ^a   Regier, Natalie G ^a   Thein, Khin ^a   Freedman, Laurence ^d  

^a Research Institute on Aging   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

agitation; dementia; nursing home residents; prevention; stimuli

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MUSIC; NURSING HOMES; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77955239916     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02951.x     Document Type: Article

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