There aren't many behavioural studies in the area of dementia, compared to the area of autism and ID for example - I'm particularly interested in the types of reinforcers used, because many reinforcers are provided noncontingent and regardless of particular behaviours, so I wondered how do researchers in this area provide potent reinforcement for desired behaviours?
Check out this group
https://www.facebook.com/behavioralgerontology/
They also present publications on their website
https://bgsig.wordpress.com/resources/publications/
This is a good overview chapter
Baker, J. C., Fairchild, K. M., & Seefeldt, D. A. (2015). Behavioral gerontology: Research and clinical considerations. In H. S. Roane, J. E. Ringdahl, & T. S. Falcomata (Eds.), Clinical and organizational applications of applied behavior analysis. (pp. 425-450). San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press.
Rebecca A. Sharp of Bangor University (not specifically on ResearchGate) but she's done some work on dementia and actually was an invited speaker at EABG this year. https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2143797153_Rebecca_A_Sharp
This is a special issue with behavioural research on dementia in Behaviour Therapy 2011 you might be interested in these:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/behavior-therapy/vol/42/issue/1
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