The effects of room management and small-group procedures on the behavior of older adults who have Alzheimer's disease
✍ Scribed by John Cash; Peter Sturmey; Dawn Bush
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 762 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-0847
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The effects of room management and small groups procedures on the behavior of five older adults with Alzheimer's Disease was experimentally evaluated by a multielement design with replications across five subjects. Engagement during both room management and small groups was higher than during no treatment baselines. The effects on affective and maladaptive behaviors were of small magnitude. Evidence of individual differences was found both with respect to absolute proportions of time spent in various behaviors and with respect to interactions between individual differences and experimental conditions.