Jonathan C. Baker, Gregory P. Hanley, & R. Mark Mathews. (2006)
Staff-administered functional analysis and treatment of aggression by an elder with dementia.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
39, 469-474.
In the current study, nursing home staff were taught to administer
functional analyses to determine the variables maintaining aggression
by an elder with dementia. The results indicated that aggression was
evoked during bathroom routines and that escape maintained aggression.
Staff then reduced aggression to near-zero levels with noncontingent
escape. Implications for the assessment and treatment of problem
behaviors in nursing home settings are discussed.
DESCRIPTORS: aging, dementia, escape, functional analysis, noncontingent escape, noncontingent reinforcement