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D E Booth

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PubMed1992

Disruptive behavior in elderly nursing home residents: a survey of nursing staff.

A significant number of nursing home residents exhibit behavior disturbances that are disruptive to the living and working environment in the nursing home. The most common disruptive behaviors cited by licensed nursing personnel included hitting/slapping, verbally aggressive remarks, screaming, pacing, wandering, and repetitive verbal requests. Self-injurious behavior, property destruction, and hiding things were not mentioned. Many of the nursing strategies listed by nursing staff as being used to alleviate disruptive behaviors are traditional care activities, eg, talking to and counseling patients, touching, or altering care. However, chemical and physical restraints were also frequently listed.

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PubMed1991

Agitated behavior in the cognitively impaired elderly.

The study of agitation is of interest to caregivers because of potential nursing interventions that could be implemented to prevent or alleviate these behaviors. To ensure an effective plan of care for agitated patients, it is essential that the assessment be based on an objective measurement of the observed agitated behavior. Reliability and validity of the three instruments used to measure agitation were supported; however, none were considered an ideal tool for use with this population because frequently observed behaviors fell into the nonspecific "other" category. Agitated behaviors were highly variable among the subjects in this study; thus, no predictable pattern of occurrence could be established.

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