Factors Associated With Aggressive Behavior Among Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

Purpose: In an attempt to more thoroughly describe aggressive behavior in nursing home residents with dementia, we examined background and proximal factors as guided by the Need-Driven Dementia-Compromised Behavior model. Design and Methods: We used a multivariate cross-sectional survey with repeate...

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Published in:The Gerontologist 2008-12, Vol.48 (6), p.721-731
Main Authors: Whall, Ann L., Colling, Kathleen B., Kolanowski, Ann, Kim, HyoJeong, Son Hong, Gwi-Ryung, DeCicco, Barry, Ronis, David L., Richards, Kathy C., Algase, Donna, Beck, Cornelia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Affective Behavior
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aggression
Aggression - psychology
Aggression in dementia
Aggressiveness
Agreeableness
Alzheimer's disease
Antisocial Behavior
At Risk Persons
Baths
Behavior
Caregiver Attitudes
Caregivers
Caregiving
Cognitive Ability
Correlation
Counties
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data
Dementia
Dressing
Educational Attainment
Emotions
Female
Gender Differences
Health Facilities
Humans
Male
Meals
Midwestern United States
Models, Psychological
Need-Driven Dementia-Compromised Behavior (NDB) model of dementia care
Negative Attitudes
Nursing home care
Nursing Homes
Personality Traits
Predictor Variables
Probability
Psychological Patterns
Residents
Risk factors
Sleep
Studies
Time periods
Verification
Videotape Recording
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