Volume 39, Issue 4 pp. 469-474

STAFF-ADMINISTERED FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF AGGRESSION BY AN ELDER WITH DEMENTIA

Jonathan C. Baker,

Jonathan C. Baker

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Western Michigan University

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Gregory P. Hanley,

Corresponding Author

Gregory P. Hanley

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Department of Applied Behavioral Science, 1000 Sunnyside Ave., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 (e-mail: [email protected])Search for more papers by this author

R. Mark Mathews,

R. Mark Mathews

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

University of Sydney, Australia

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Jonathan C. Baker,

Jonathan C. Baker

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Western Michigan University

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Gregory P. Hanley,

Corresponding Author

Gregory P. Hanley

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Department of Applied Behavioral Science, 1000 Sunnyside Ave., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 (e-mail: [email protected])Search for more papers by this author

R. Mark Mathews,

R. Mark Mathews

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

University of Sydney, Australia

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First published: 27 February 2013

https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2006.80-05

Citations: 45

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In the current study, nursing home staff were taught to administer functional analyses to determine the variables maintaining aggression by an elder with dementia. The results indicated that aggression was evoked during bathroom routines and that escape maintained aggression. Staff then reduced aggression to near-zero levels with noncontingent escape. Implications for the assessment and treatment of problem behaviors in nursing home settings are discussed.

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