Open AccessStaff Reports of Behavioral Expressions of Persons With Dementia in 250 Assisted Living Communities
Author(s) -
Debra Dobbs,
Sheryl Zimmerman,
Paula Carder,
Anna Beeber,
Stephanie Palmertree
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the gerontologist/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/gnab059
Subject(s) - dementia , psychology , psychological intervention , perception , anxiety , quarter (canadian coin) , clinical psychology , descriptive statistics , medicine , psychiatry , nursing , disease , archaeology , pathology , neuroscience , history , statistics , mathematics
Assisted living (AL) residents with dementia commonly exhibit behavioral expressions (BEs), yet no study has examined how AL staff perceive and respond to BEs in terms of the "ABC" model of antecedents, behaviors, and consequences, or how perceptions relate to organizational characteristics. Understanding staff perceptions may inform interventions.