The June issue of E-News, "Nonpharmacologic Approaches to the Management of Behavior in Dementia," is now available online. This requires Acrobat Reader, a free download from Adobe Systems. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, click on the logo on the right to download it.
In this issue of the E‐NEWS, you will find abstracts for:
• An article that reviews the research on the effectiveness of community-based, nonpharmacologic interventions for older adults with early-stage dementia.
• A study that assesses the effects of bright light therapy on agitation in dementia.
• A study that examines the efficacy of systematic, individualized, nonpharmacologic interventions in reducing agitated behaviors in nursing home residents with dementia.
• An article that describes the use of the Tailored Activity Program to reduce behavioral symptoms in persons with dementia.
• A study that evaluates the use of massage for reducing agitation in cognitively impaired nursing home residents.
• An article that discusses the evaluation and management of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia.
• An article that analyzes studies of psychosocial treatments of behavior symptoms in dementia.
• A study that investigates the efficacy of music therapy in the treatment of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms of dementia.
http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/igec/publications/e-news/default.asp
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