title: Behavior-analytic research on dementia in older adults.
abstract: It is estimated that 1 in 10 adults aged 65 years and older have been diagnosed with dementia, which is associated with numerous behavioral excesses and deficits. Despite the publication of a special section of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) on behavioral gerontology (Iwata, 1986), there continues to be a paucity of behavior-analytic research with this population. This review compares the research published before and after the behavioral gerontology special section and evaluates the most recently published aging articles in JABA.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Maranda A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Trahan
authors.forename: SungWoo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kahng
authors.forename: Alyssa B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Nicole L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Hausman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D035841:Behavioral Research; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans