TY - JOUR
T1 - Internet video chat (Skype) family conversations as a treatment of agitation in nursing home residents with dementia
AU - van der Ploeg, Eva Simone
AU - O'Connor, Daniel William
AU - Eppingstall, Barbara Joan
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The behavioral symptoms that often accompany dementia (for example, pacing, calling out, and resistiveness) are stressful to carers and greatly increase the risk of institutionalization. While psychotropic medications are commonly prescribed, their efficacy is limited. There is great interest, therefore, in developing non-pharmacological strategies to alleviate the distress that underpins many behavioral symptoms (O'Connor et al., 2009).
AB - The behavioral symptoms that often accompany dementia (for example, pacing, calling out, and resistiveness) are stressful to carers and greatly increase the risk of institutionalization. While psychotropic medications are commonly prescribed, their efficacy is limited. There is great interest, therefore, in developing non-pharmacological strategies to alleviate the distress that underpins many behavioral symptoms (O'Connor et al., 2009).
UR - http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=10254229&jid=IPG&volumeId=28&issueId=04&aid=10254224&bodyId=&membershipNumber=&society
M3 - Article
SN - 1041-6102
VL - 28
SP - 697
EP - 698
JO - International Psychogeriatrics
JF - International Psychogeriatrics
IS - 4
ER -