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Case Reports
. 2006 Winter;39(4):469-74.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2006.80-05.

Staff-administered functional analysis and treatment of aggression by an elder with dementia

Jonathan C Baker  1 , Gregory P Hanley, R Mark Mathews
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Staff-administered functional analysis and treatment of aggression by an elder with dementia

Jonathan C Baker et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 2006 Winter.

Abstract

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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Figure 1. Percentage of 10-s intervals in which hitting occurred during the setting, functional, and treatment analysis sessions.
Gray ovals along the abscissa depict sessions in which the participant was given scheduled doses of Ativan®, and the black oval depicts an Ativan® dose delivered due to severe aggression prior to the observation session.
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