| Literature DB >> 11357801 |
B Sutor1, T A Rummans, G E Smith.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID： 11357801 DOI： 10.4065/76.5.540
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mayo Clin Proc ISSN： 0025-6196 Impact factor: 7.616