Aggressive behaviour by people with dementia in residential care settings: a review.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Pulsford, David Duxbury, Joy A.
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	This paper considers the phenomenon of aggressive behaviour perpetrated by people with dementia in residential care settings. Aggressive behaviour is defined in the context of people with dementia, and the problem of ascertaining the incidence of aggression among people with dementia is discussed. The emotional impact of assaults on nurses and other professionals is highlighted, and differing perspectives on the causation of aggressive behaviour are considered. Management strategies derived from the physical/pharmacological; environment management; behaviour modification and person-centred approaches are reviewed. Our conclusion is that while certain strategies appear to reflect good and common sense practice, in particular those deriving from the person-centred approach, there is no clear research evidence for the general effectiveness of any one management approach, and each has drawbacks of a practical or ethical nature. There is also little empirical information about how professional carers actually manage aggressive behaviour in practice.
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DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2850.2006.00964.x
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://www.safetylit.org/citations/ild_request_form.php?article_id=citjournalarticle_260613_38
PubMed reference number	16965482
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2006.00964.x
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	5
Journal	Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article