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A non-pharmacologic approach to address challenging behaviors of Veterans with dementia: description of the tailored activity program-VA randomized trial

BACKGROUND: Behavioral symptoms accompanying dementia are associated with increased health care costs, reduced quality of life and daily functioning, heightened family caregiver burden, and nursing home placement. Standard care typically involves pharmacologic agents, but these are, at best, modestl...

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Autores principales: Gitlin, Laura N, Mann, William C, Vogel, W Bruce, Arthur, Paul B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24060106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-96