The use of problem-solving therapy and restraint-free environment for the management of depression and agitation in long-term care

We demonstrate the use of behavioral techniques with older adults in long-term care settings, using two case examples. Ms. N is an 81-year-old woman with mild cognitive impairment who attended 12 sessions of problem-solving therapy for ongoing depression. Her Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scal...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Clinical gerontologist 2009-01, Vol.32 (1), p.77-90
Main Authors: Ayalon, Liat, Bornfeld, Heather, Gum, Amber M, Arean, Patricia A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agitation
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
behavioral interventions
Behavioural problems
Biological and medical sciences
Depression
dissemination
Elderly people
Long term care
Medical sciences
Problem solving
problem solving therapy
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
restraint free environment
Treatments
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We demonstrate the use of behavioral techniques with older adults in long-term care settings, using two case examples. Ms. N is an 81-year-old woman with mild cognitive impairment who attended 12 sessions of problem-solving therapy for ongoing depression. Her Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale score of 30 (moderate levels of depression) decreased to 6 (not depressed) following treatment. Mr. K is a 77-year-old male with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease who was referred for treatment of behavioral problems. Following 10 weeks of restraint free environment, his Cohen Mansfield Agitation Inventory score declined from 60 (moderate behavioral problems) to 38 (minimal problem behaviors), indicating a significant reduction in agitation. Through these two cases, we provide a description of behavioral interventions for the treatment of depression and behavioral problems in long-term care settings.
ISSN:0731-7115
1545-2301
DOI:10.1080/07317110802468728