Abstract
Behavioral disturbances among nursing home patients with dementia are common and substantially affect patients and caregivers. Assessing the environmental, medical, and psychiatric causes of problematic behaviors and implementing a plan of behavioral, medical, and psychiatric management can reduce difficult target behaviors. This article presents a multifaceted approach to assessing patients with dementia who have behavioral problems, reviews medical and pharmacological management of these problems, and presents a multidisciplinary approach to developing treatment plans aimed at reducing such behaviors among nursing home patients with dementia.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 540-550 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Mayo Clinic proceedings |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine