An analysis of the relationships among engagement, agitated behavior, and affect in nursing home residents with dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 742-752

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b,c   Dakheel Ali, Maha ^a   Jensen, Barbara ^a   Marx, Marcia S ^a   Thein, Khin ^a  

^a Innovative Aging Research   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

anxiety; apathy; dementia; long term care; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGITATION; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENGAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PLEASURE; RESIDENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84859139340     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211002535     Document Type: Article

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