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FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR OF ELDERLY ADULTS IN LONG‐TERM CARE
Author(s) -
DwyerMoore Kimberly J.,
Dixon Mark R.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2007.679-683
Subject(s) - functional analysis , psychological intervention , psychology , applied behavior analysis , term (time) , long term care , gerontology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , autism , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , gene
Functional analyses were conducted for the problem behavior of 3 older adults in a long‐term care setting. Two of the problem behaviors were maintained by attention, and a third was maintained by escape from demands. Function‐based interventions were implemented that resulted in decreases in problem behavior in each case. Implications for the use of functional analysis and function‐based interventions in the field of gerontology are discussed.