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Dementia
New findings from Institute on Aging in the area of dementia described
December 17th, 2008
A report, 'Agitated behavior in persons with dementia: the relationship between type of behavior, its frequency, and its disruptiveness,' is newly published data in Journal of Psychiatric Research. "To examine the relationship between type, frequency, and level of disruptiveness of physically aggressive agitated behaviors, physically non-aggressive agitated behaviors, verbally aggressive agitated behaviors, and verbally non-aggressive agitated behaviors in persons with dementia. The study was conducted in 11 nursing homes in Maryland, one of which housed two participating buildings," scientists in the United States report. "Participants were 191 older nursing...
Source: Elder Law Weekly (2008-12-17)
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