What Are the Barriers to Performing Nonpharmacological Interventions for Behavioral Symptoms in the Nursing Home?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-405

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

^a Charles E Smith Life Communities   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Barriers; Dementia; Interventions; Nonpharmacological

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRINKING; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SLEEP; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860342500     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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