Managing challenging behaviour in older adults with dementia

Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 20-26

  Krishnamoorthy, Ashok ^a   Anderson, Dave ^b  

^a WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Mossley Hill Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CATASTROPHIZING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; EATING DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; PAIN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79959265923     PISSN: 13677543     EISSN: 1931227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pnp.199     Document Type: Review

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