title: Managing behavioral disturbances in a patient with dementia.
abstract: A 92-year-old patient with Parkinson disease and dementia provides an opportunity for the advanced practice registered nurse to shift thinking about behavioral disturbances in dementia, away from controlling behavior with pharmacologic approaches, such as antipsychotics, toward understanding behavior by applying the nonpharmacologic Describe, Investigate, Create, and Evaluate method.
authors.affiliation: Laura M. Struble is a clinical associate professor at University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Mich. Mary C. Blazek is an assistant professor in the section of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Helen C. Kales is a professor in the section of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Struble
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Blazek
authors.forename: Helen C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kales
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000451:nursing*; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents