Success and failure in five case studies: Used of cued recall to ameliorate behaviour problems in senile dementia
✍ Scribed by Dr Michael Bird; Paula Alexopoulos; Joanna Adamowicz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 616 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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✦ Synopsis
Four patients suffering dementing illnesses and presenting management difficulties were taught the association between either a cue and a behaviour, or a cue and information affecting behaviour. On subsequently encountering the cue in the environment, targeted problem behaviours diminished to manageable levels, were modified, or ceased. Problems were: obsessive demands, inappropriate urinating and intrusive aggressive behaviour. The technique failed with a fifth patient, who shouted constantly. Theoretical and clinical aspects of the interventions and the teaching method (repeated retrieval trials) are discussed.
KEY woms-Senile dementia, behaviour management, spaced retrieval, fading cues, cued recall, operant conditioning, prospective memory.