Effective behavioral interventions for decreasing dementia-related challenging behavior in nursing homes

✍ Scribed by Rebecca Allen-Burge; Alan B. Stevens; Louis D. Burgio

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 161 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6230
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199903)14:3<213::aid-gps974>3.0.co;2-0

✦ Synopsis

This paper provides a selective review of behavioral intervention research aimed at successfully decreasing dementiarelated challenging behaviors in nursing homes. The authors include separate discussions of behavioral excesses (disruptive vocalization, wandering, physical and verbal aggression) and de®cits (excess dependency, therapeutic activities, social interaction/communication). Descriptions of interventions used to address each behavior problem are followed by methodological evaluations of the research. Discussions are augmented by inclusion of the authors' ongoing intervention research. The paper concludes with a description of a comprehensive program for teaching behavior management skills to nurse aides and a motivational system for maintaining the performance of these skills over the long term.