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Mental Health Correlates of Aggression in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

Author(s) -

K. A. Talerico,

L. K. Evans,

N. E. Strumpf

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/42.2.169

Subject(s) - aggression , dementia , psychological intervention , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology , poison control , mental health , depression (economics) , antipsychotic , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , disease , medical emergency , pathology , economics , macroeconomics

Aggression continues to challenge caregivers of persons with dementia, and identification of foci for effective interventions is needed. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of (a) the resident characteristics of depression, communication, and cognition and (b) behavior management strategies on aggression in a group of older nursing home residents (N = 405) with evidence of dementia.

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