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Nursing Home Research From Industry's Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Martin Brecher
Affiliation:
Janssen Research Foundation, Titusville, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Extract

When behavioral disturbances of dementia can no longer be tolerated by family caregivers or become unmanageable in a nursing home, the clinician must consider appropriate methods of treatment. Some behavioral disturbances may respond to changes in the patient's environment or the approach of the caregiver; for others, pharmacologic treatment is necessary.

Type
Criterion Validity: Do the Symptoms Respond to Treatment—Pharmacologic or Nonpharmacologic?
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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