The potential of volunteers to implement non-pharmacological interventions to reduce agitation associated with dementia in nursing home residents

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1790-1797

  Van Der Ploeg, Eva S ^a   Mbakile, Tapiwa ^a   Genovesi, Sandra ^a   OConnor, Daniel W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aged care; BPSD; psychosocial interventions; voluntary work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; SELF ESTEEM; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AGED; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; DEMENTIA; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84866660117     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212000798     Document Type: Article

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