Behaviours that challenge is a term used to describe a cluster of symptoms associated with the experiences of dementia. The biomedical perspective often refers to these as behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). As the dementia progresses, many people with dementia may experience ...
that were available for subsequent review; however it is unclear from the notes if these approaches were used.Conclusion.Pharmacological intervention is the most common approach to managing behaviours that challenge despite several studies highlighting reduced agitation for persons with dementia following ...
How to communicate with someone living with dementia Communicating effectively with someone who is living with dementia can be a challenge, but try to stay calm and patient, and repeat an answer if you need to. Don’t argue, and try to meet your loved one in their reality. Read more ti...
As the population is increasing rapidly in age, the number of people with dementia is also increasing and is expected to triple by 2050 [1], making dementia a global challenge requiring worldwide attention. As stressed by the Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care, alth...
a growth mixture modelling approach Annie Robitaille1,2*, Linda Garcia1 and Graciela Muniz Terrera3,4 Abstract Background There is still a need for more information about the different trajectories of responsive behaviours that people living with dementia present in long-term...
Suicidal thoughts are ideas that arise in a person's consciousness either willingly or unwillingly. They are very prevalent: it has been shown that around 21% of Europeans had such thoughts at some point in their life (Castillejos et al., 2021). A suicide attempt, on the other hand, is...
That is not to say that having a surplus of a specific toy stops a guarder. It doesn’t. Tobby, my champion Mali toy guarder, rounded up those toys like lambs, moving them about to secure them from others. Though he would never challenge another dog who had a toy, he wasn’t ever...
It is important to tailor the theory to the context at hand, since research suggests that a wide array of psychosocial constructs are important in the prediction of behavioural intention and behaviour,19, 75, 76 but this variety creates an interesting challenge for meta-analytic interpretation. ...
Methods Forty-two experienced practitioners attended a workshop where behaviours that challenge were described as occurring in three phases of agitation, using a framework adapted from the Positive Behaviour Support framework (pre-agitation, triggering and escalating, high level). The pa...
Objectives: Behaviours that challenge (BtC) reflect the most costly and burdensome aspects of dementia where non-pharmacological interventions rather than antipsychotic medication have been recommended as first-line approaches for over a decade (NICE 2006). This paper outlines professionals' views about ...