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- Title
The effectiveness of the Hierarchic Dementia Scale in tailoring interventions to reduce problem behaviours in people with Alzheimer’s disease.
- Authors
Paterson, Janis; Hamilton, Mary Managh; Grant, Helen
- Abstract
The aim of this single subject design study was to determine the effectiveness of using results from the Hierarchic Dementia Scale (HDS) to tailor interventions that may reduce behaviour problems in people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The participant was diagnosed with AD and exhibited a specific problem behaviour defined as walking repeatedly around the rest home unit in which she resided with no apparent aim. Repeated observational measures of the time spent walking were taken to establish a baseline of the problem behaviour. Once the baseline was established, the HDS was administered and recommendations for intervention were made based on the individual HDS profile. The recommendations for modifying her behaviour were focused on maximizing strengths and minimizing weaknesses identified by the HDS profile. Findings revealed that there was observable reduction in the occurrence of the problem behaviour after the introduction of the intervention. These findings suggested that using results from the HDS to tailor interventions might assist in the management of behavioural problems in people with AD.
- Subjects
ALZHEIMER'S patients; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2000, Vol 47, Issue 3, p134
- ISSN
0045-0766
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1440-1630.2000.00219.x