Does anyone have examples of studies (or literature reviews) that have used applied behavior analysis for treatment of persons with dementia? Articles can either pertain to reduction of problem behavior or skill maintenance/acquisition. Thanks.
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/imperia/md/content/fakultaeten/vekw/ifg/forschung/hildekongress/becker_etal_2005.pdf
Maybe this link will help you; the article is in German; the sumary in english. The method HILDE (Heidelberg Instrument for Measuring the of Quality of Life of demented Persons) is measuiring the quality of Life of persons, suffering from dementia.
Kind regards Uwe
You might want to check out this paper:
Trahan, M., Kahng, S., Fisher, A., & Hausman, N. (2011). Behavior-Analytic Research on Dementia in Older Adults. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44, 687-691.
Glen, Jeff Buchanan from Minnesota State University, Mankato's psychology department does work in this area. You can search him in ResearchGate under Jeffrey A. Buchanan.
Best, Karin
Thank you all for your feedback on this particular question. Very helpful.
Trahan, M. A., Kahng, S., Fisher, A. B., & Hausman, N. L. (2011). BEHAVIOR-ANALYTIC RESEARCH ON DEMENTIA IN OLDER ADULTS. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(3), 687–691
you can find more literature in behavioral gerontology special interest group website
https://bgsig.wordpress.com/resources/publications/
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