title: Dementia in acute units: aggression.
abstract: This is the fourth article in a series which looks at how nurses in acute units can manage the behaviour problems presented by people with dementia. This month, the focus is on aggression, a topic which causes nurses extreme concern. The author discusses some of the precipitating factors which can cause a person with dementia to become aggressive while in hospital, then sets out some appropriate management strategies.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Holden
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000374:Aggression; D003221:Confusion; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D014754:Violence