Method
Resident internal records for the
following areas over a six month
period prior to the intervention
were obtained in order to establish
a resident profile for the facility
for the 16 residents. The validated
Cohen Mansfield Agitation
Inventory (CMAI) (Cohen-Mansfield,
Ethics Committee at the University
of Western Australia.
1997) was administered at baseline,
midpoint and at the end of the one
month intervention. The CMAI has
three subscales measuring:
1. physically aggressive behaviour
2. physically non aggressive
behaviour
3. verbally agitated behaviour