A randomized crossover trial to study the effect of personalized, one-to-one interaction using Montessori-based activities on agitation, affect, and engagement in nursing home residents with Dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 565-575

  Van Der Ploeg, Eva S ^a   Eppingstall, Barbara ^a   Camp, Cameron J ^b   Runci, Susannah J ^a   Taffe, John ^a   O'Connor, Daniel W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Center for Applied Research in Dementia   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; dementia; nursing homes; psychosocial care

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PSYCHOGERIATRIC NURSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION;

EID: 84874160425     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212002128     Document Type: Article

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