- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- The effects of reality orientation on confused elderly nursing home resident, 1993
- Creator:
- Stephens, Patrick H.
- Date of Original:
- 1993-04-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of individualized reality orientation therapy on paranoid behavior in a nursing home resident diagnosed with dementia. There were two hypotheses, the first one hypothesized that reality orientation therapy would increase the resident's awareness of environment. The second hypothesized that reality orientation therapy would produce a decrease in verbal statements of paranoid delusions by the resident. This study was conducted over a nine week period. The design of the study was a single A-B case study. The results showed a decrease in statements by the resident of verbal abuse, physical abuse, and neglect. Findings indicated that the resident experienced improvement from the intervention.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1993_stephens_patrick_h
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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