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Caretaker Obstreperous Behavior Rating Scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Joan M. Swearer  and
David A. Drachman
Joan M. Swearer
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
David A. Drachman
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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Although Alzheimer's original description of the dementing disorder that bears his name emphasized the prominence of troublesome and disruptive behaviors, a systematic investigation of behavioral disturbances of dementia did not begin in earnest until the 1980s. At that time, as the neuropathologic identity of presenile Alzheimer's disease and late-onset “senile dementia” was recognized, the redefinition of Alzheimer's disease abruptly increased the number of patients diagnosed with this condition. Physicians and other medical personnel working with Alzheimer's disease patients recognized both the importance of abnormal behaviors in this now large patient population and the need to describe, classify, and quantify these behaviors.

Type
Theories Behind Scales and Measurements
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 8 , Issue S3 , May 1997 , pp. 321 - 324
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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