How do care home staff understand, manage and respond to agitation in people with dementia? A qualitative study

Penny Rapaport; Gill Livingston; Olivia Hamilton; Rebecca Turner; Aisling Stringer; Sarah Robertson; Claudia Cooper

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022260

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How do care home staff understand, manage and respond to agitation in people with dementia? A qualitative study

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Penny Rapaport UCL Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK North Thames CLAHRC, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gill Livingston UCL Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Olivia Hamilton UCL Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rebecca Turner UCL Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aisling Stringer UCL Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarah Robertson UCL Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK North Thames CLAHRC, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Claudia Cooper UCL Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Penny Rapaport; p.rapaport{at}ucl.ac.uk

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Rapaport P, Livingston G, Hamilton O, et al

How do care home staff understand, manage and respond to agitation in people with dementia? A qualitative study

BMJ Open 2018;8:e022260. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022260

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Received February 8, 2018
Revised May 22, 2018
Accepted June 8, 2018
First published June 30, 2018.

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