An RCT to evaluate the utility of a clinical protocol for staff in the management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in residential aged-care settings

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 799-807

  McCabe, Marita P ^a   Bird, Michael ^b   Davison, Tanya E ^c   Mellor, David ^a   MacPherson, Sarah ^d   Hallford, David ^a   Seedy, Melissa ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Southern New South Wales Local Health District   (Australia)

Author keywords

BPSD; Effectiveness of intervention; Role of clinical support; Staff training program

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930822540     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.967659     Document Type: Article

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