TY - JOUR
T1 - Agitated behavior and cognitive functioning in nursing home residents
T2 - Preliminary results
AU - Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska
N1 - Funding Information:
Agitation in elderly people is a major problem for the older person, themselves, their families, and their caretakers. It impairs the Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Research Institute, Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD 20852, and Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007. This research was supported by grant #I RO1 MH40758-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health. Portions of this paper were presented at the 1986 Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.
PY - 1988/11/10
Y1 - 1988/11/10
N2 - Agitation is a significant problem for nursing home residents, their families, and their carctakers. Previous literature suggests that agitation is related to dementia and cognitive deterioration in the elderly, but no empirical studies support this relationship. This study tests the relationship between level of cognitive functioning and the nature and level of agitation in nursing home residents. Nurses rated one hundred sixty-five nursing home residents on cognitive functioning and agitation. Results indicate that agitation is prevalent among all types of nursing home residents and that cognitively impaired residents exhibit more agitation than cognitively intact residents. The highest levels of agitation appear to be exhibited by those with moderate levels of cognitive impairment. Manifestations of agitation differ between cognitively intact and cognitively impaired residents: agitated behaviors of cognitively intact residents resemble coping mechanisms, while cognitively impaired residents manifest a wide range of inappropriate behaviors.
AB - Agitation is a significant problem for nursing home residents, their families, and their carctakers. Previous literature suggests that agitation is related to dementia and cognitive deterioration in the elderly, but no empirical studies support this relationship. This study tests the relationship between level of cognitive functioning and the nature and level of agitation in nursing home residents. Nurses rated one hundred sixty-five nursing home residents on cognitive functioning and agitation. Results indicate that agitation is prevalent among all types of nursing home residents and that cognitively impaired residents exhibit more agitation than cognitively intact residents. The highest levels of agitation appear to be exhibited by those with moderate levels of cognitive impairment. Manifestations of agitation differ between cognitively intact and cognitively impaired residents: agitated behaviors of cognitively intact residents resemble coping mechanisms, while cognitively impaired residents manifest a wide range of inappropriate behaviors.
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U2 - 10.1300/J018v07n03_03
DO - 10.1300/J018v07n03_03
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AN - SCOPUS:0024212393
SN - 0731-7115
VL - 7
SP - 11
EP - 22
JO - Clinical Gerontologist
JF - Clinical Gerontologist
IS - 3-4
ER -