[Shouting by elderly patients with dementia].
"Shouters" is a term for elderly persons with dementia in whom noisy verbal behaviour is considered to be a problem by the surroundings. Despite the serious nature of the problem, it has not been described in more detail in the literature. An attempt is made to suggest a typological subdivision of "shouters" in this investigation. All elderly persons of 65 years and more who were admitted with the diagnosis of dementia during the period 1.4.1987-31.3.1988 to a gerontopsychiatric department were reviewed. Fourteen of these were described by the nursing staff as "shouters". Half of these presented dementia of multiple infarction type. The problematic behavior could be related to protests/anger, anxiety, loneliness/nostalgia, physical pain or uncertain/possible automatism or self-stimulation. Increased nursing measures or medication had no or only slight effect.
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D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Råben hos aeldre demente.