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Behavioral Problems and Interventions in Alzheimer's Disease: Research Needs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

M. Powell Lawton
M. Powell Lawton
Affiliation:
Philadelphia Geriatric Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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This article will discuss briefly the definitions of behavior problems and behavioral interventions. Next, the following series of intervention points related to the quality of life of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) will be considered: cognition, activities of daily living (ADLs), agitation, social behavior, nonsocial positive behaviors, and affect states. The article concludes with a discussion of three areas dealing with environmental aspects of AD care: the design of environments, effects of AD on social context, and AD in planned housing.

Type
Future Directions
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 8 , Issue S1 , October 1996 , pp. 95 - 98
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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