Keywords

dementia, disagreement behavior, embodied language, message

 

Authors

  1. Ito, Mio MSc, RN
  2. Takahashi, Ryutaro MD, PhD
  3. Liehr, Patricia PhD, RN

Abstract

Embodied language is unity of bodily, linguistic, and behavioral descriptors, expressed as health. Disagreement behavior, client unwillingness to respond as requested when uncomfortable in a situation, occurs in elders with dementia. Case study analysis suggests that agitation/aggression may be avoided if disagreement behavior is recognized as a message of discomfort.