TY - CHAP
T1 - Challenging behavior in nursing home residents with dementia
AU - Smalbrugge, Martin
AU - Zwijsen, Sandra A.
AU - Koopmans, Raymond C.T.M.
AU - Gerritsen, Debby L.
PY - 2017/5/19
Y1 - 2017/5/19
N2 - Challenging behavior is highly prevalent in nursing home residents with dementia. For many of the residents, the challenging behavior was also the main reason of admission to the nursing home. The challenging behavior leads to loss of quality of life and stress and burden for caregivers, both informal and formal. Especially agitation and aggression are a challenge. Managing challenging behavior in residents with dementia asks for a systematic and multidisciplinary approach, focusing on finding and treating the underlying problems. Psychoactive drugs should be used on strict indication; psychosocial interventions are first-choice treatment. In this chapter, professionals are given guidance for a systematic, multidisciplinary, and timely detection, analysis, treatment, and evaluation of challenging behavior in nursing home residents with dementia.
AB - Challenging behavior is highly prevalent in nursing home residents with dementia. For many of the residents, the challenging behavior was also the main reason of admission to the nursing home. The challenging behavior leads to loss of quality of life and stress and burden for caregivers, both informal and formal. Especially agitation and aggression are a challenge. Managing challenging behavior in residents with dementia asks for a systematic and multidisciplinary approach, focusing on finding and treating the underlying problems. Psychoactive drugs should be used on strict indication; psychosocial interventions are first-choice treatment. In this chapter, professionals are given guidance for a systematic, multidisciplinary, and timely detection, analysis, treatment, and evaluation of challenging behavior in nursing home residents with dementia.
KW - Care program
KW - Challenging behavior
KW - Dementia
KW - Nursing home
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85033351522&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-49832-4_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-49832-4_5
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85033351522
SN - 9783319498300
SP - 55
EP - 66
BT - Dementia in Nursing Homes
PB - Springer International Publishing AG
ER -