Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 95-97 , March 2005

Gerontologic nurse practitioner care guidelines: Dementia behaviors: Recognition and management

  • Ann Schmidt Luggen, PhD, GNP

      Affiliations

    • ANN SCHMIDT LUGGEN, PhD, GNP, is a professor at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, and a geriatric nurse practitioner at Evercare. She serves as NCGNP section editor for Geriatric Nursing.

References 

    References
  1. Stanley M, Blair K, Beare PG. Dementia in older adults. In: Gerontological nursing. 3rd ed.. Philadelphia: FA Davis; 2005;p. 355–368
  2. Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR) . Frontotemporal dementia: growing interest in a rare dementia. Connections. 2002;9(4):1–20
  3. Aung M, Benias P, Edwards B, Wolf-Klein G. Dementia, possibly caused by syphilis in elderly patients. Long-Term Care Interface. 2004;5(7):53–55
  4. Fiore P. Management of behaviors in seniors with dementia. Presented at the 16th Annual Conference of Kentucky Nurse Practitioners/Nurse Midwives, Louisville, Kentucky, April 24, 2004
  5. CME Consultants. Special report: Update in the treatment of psychosis in the elderly. Available at www.CMEZone.com. Accessed November, 2004.

PII: S0197-4572(05)00029-7

doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2005.01.011

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 95-97 , March 2005

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