title: Assessment and management of behavioral disturbances in nursing home patients with dementia.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. sutor.bruce@mayo.edu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sutor
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rummans
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003142:Communication; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents