title: Applied humanism: a model for managing inappropriate behavior among mentally retarded elders.
abstract: 1. Federal regulations mandate that elderly persons with mental retardation are provided with specialized programming which meets with the needs of the individual. 2. Behavior modification techniques employed to provide services to elderly persons with mental retardation may not meet individual patient needs, lacks constructs which apply to nursing philosophy/process and is difficult to implement with today's limited resources. 3. The philosophy of Applied Humanism may be more congruent with nursing practice, can be utilized with nursing process and can meet the individual needs of elderly patients with mental retardation.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Mooney
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Mooney
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Cohernour
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research