Assessment and management of behavioral disturbances in nursing home patients with dementia.
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.
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Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. sutor.bruce@mayo.edu
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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
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents