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Review
. 2011 Fall;44(3):687-91.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-687.

Behavior-analytic research on dementia in older adults

Maranda A Trahan  1 , SungWoo Kahng, Alyssa B Fisher, Nicole L Hausman
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Review

Behavior-analytic research on dementia in older adults

Maranda A Trahan et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 2011 Fall.

Abstract

It is estimated that 1 in 10 adults aged 65 years and older have been diagnosed with dementia, which is associated with numerous behavioral excesses and deficits. Despite the publication of a special section of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) on behavioral gerontology (Iwata, 1986), there continues to be a paucity of behavior-analytic research with this population. This review compares the research published before and after the behavioral gerontology special section and evaluates the most recently published aging articles in JABA.

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; aging; behavioral gerontology; dementia.

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