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Title: The ABC's of Behavior Change: Skills for Working With Behavior Problems in Nursing Homes by Margaret D. Cohn, Michael A. Smyer, Ann L. Horgas ISBN: 0-910251-69-X Publisher: Venture Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: November, 1994 Format: Spiral-bound Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Summary: ABC's of Behavior Change, problembehavior in nursinghomes
Comment: This book was for me a real eyeopener. For many years now i'm working in psychogeriatric care as a senior psychologist. As we al know in this field, many residents of nursing homes have problem behavior. They are at a high risk for wandering, depression and agitation. We expect that nursing staff, often low educated, can handle all this kind of behavior. Well they just can't! The reaction is to often the use of medication. The authors of this book, wich is in fact a course, proposed that much of these problems are learned! This is important. On the base of the international literature they build, together with the nursses in the homes an excellent method to handel effective with these problems. Behavior is seen as ACTION. Every Action starts BECAUSE of something in the environment and is continued by CONSEQUENCES: ACTION BECAUSE of CONSEQUENCES!. In the course the nurses learn to communicate with residents, they learn to observe along the line of the ABC's and they learn how to handle the three types of problembehavior wich are most common in nursinghomes. I already mentioned them. The course is very practical, problem oriented and uses many exercises. We have used the method here in Holland. Well it's a big succes. I can only say use it! It's favorable for the residents AND the nursing staff. When they can handle the problems there will be less burn-out among them. For the residents the outcome can mean a lesser use of medication and a much much more human aproach. This is behavior therapy at its best: practical, effective, creative and open minded for all kind of human aproaches wich can enhance the lives of these frail elderly people. USE IT.

Ps. Please don't mind my writing failures. I don't care, I like this book and I want everybody to know that.