Assessment of agitation in elderly patie
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Jiska Cohen-Mansfield; Alexander Libin
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background Assessment of behavior problems in elderly persons with dementia is important for understanding and managing those behaviors. The most common method for assessing agitation is the use of informant ratings; however, these ratings may be affected by staff bias, inaccurate o