When an individual with dementia demonstrates challenging behaviour, resists attempts at care, and becomes aggressive, the tendency is for caregivers to seek a quick fix. Physicians are aware that ...

Authors Nicola L Wheeler, PGCert, BSc, is assistant clinical and research psychologist, mental health services for older people, Birmingham and Solihull ...

Entitled "Function analysis-based interventions for challenging behaviour in dementia", the study is published in The Cochrane Library 2012, Issue 2. It focuses on functional, or behaviour ...

Better support needed for thousands of informal dementia carers Date: February 2, 2018 Source: University of Lincoln Summary: Directly involving the thousands of family members and friends who ...

Our ability to adapt our behaviour to changes in temperature ... A person with dementia may find some or all these things challenging. These and other factors mean, for someone with dementia ...

Building on the concept of a basic understanding of challenging behaviour, Figure 2 presents a schematic outlining the steps to follow when dealing with an individual with dementia who is ...