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Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia?
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The Unmet Needs Model states that problem behaviors of people with dementia result from unmet needs stemming from a decreased ability to communicate those needs and to provide for oneself. The purpose of this study is to describe the unmet needs of persons with dementia exhibiting behavior problems. Eighty-nine residents from 6 Maryland nursing homes with dementia were assessed by research assistants and nursing assistants for their unmet needs using multiple assessment tools. Three unmet needs per resident were identified on average, with informants rating boredom/sensory deprivation, loneliness/need for social interaction, and need for meaningful activity as the most prevalent needs. Discomfort was associated with higher levels of verbally agitated behaviors (e.g., complaining). Based on results and independent ratings of pain, the authors estimate notable under detection of discomfort and pain by both types of informants. The study demonstrates methodologies for uncovering unmet needs among persons with dementia and highlights the importance of developing programs that address those unmet needs, especially social and activity needs of nursing home residents. The detection of pain, and possibly that of discomfort, may require a different methodology.
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“Discomfort was associated with higher levels of verbally agitated behaviors (e.g., complaining).”
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“Discomfort was related to better cognitive function (MMSE, z=2.56, p=.01), greater pain (PAINE, z=2.07, p=.039), higher levels of negative affect at baseline (z=1.96, p=.05), higher levels of manifesting verbally agitated behaviors of constant requests for attention (z=1.93. p=.027, one-tailed), complaining (z=2.92, p=.004), and screaming (z=2.28, p=.02).”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > Abstract
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“Three unmet needs per resident were identified on average, with informants rating boredom/sensory deprivation, loneliness/need for social interaction, and need for meaningful activity as the most prevalent needs.”
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“This is the first paper to delineate the unmet needs of agitated NH residents with dementia, revealing an average of 3 unmet needs per resident.”
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“RAs reported an average of 2.9 unmet needs per participant (range 0–7, s.d.=1.3) and NAs reported an average of 2.6 unmet needs per participant (range 0–6, s.d.=1.4).”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 3. Results > 3.1 The perceptions of unmet needs contributing to behavior problems, and the level of confidence in the determination of unmet needs
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“Moreover, each study participant was rated as having at least one unmet need.”
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“The following unmet needs were found for over half of the residents: loneliness/need for social contact, boredom, need for meaningful activity, pain, and discomfort. Moreover, each study participant was rated as having at least one unmet need.”
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“RAs reported an average of 2.9 unmet needs per participant (range 0–7, s.d.=1.3) and NAs reported an average of 2.6 unmet needs per participant (range 0–6, s.d.=1.4).”
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“Discomfort was noted as an unmet need for about one third of the sample and included many types of needs including the need to use the bathroom (most commonly) and uncomfortable seating positions (Table 1).”
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“Participants who were rated as having an unmet need which is related to boredom and sensory deprivation displayed somewhat higher levels of physical nonaggressive behaviors (mean ranks of 47.1 for those rated as having the need and 39.9 for those rated as not having it, z=1.20, p=.11, one-tailed). However, this difference did not reach statistical significance.”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 3. Results > 3.4 Unmet needs in relation to the type of agitation manifested
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“The most common needs were loneliness/need for social contact and boredom/sensory deprivation, noted for about two thirds of the sample by RAs and for approximately half by NAs, followed by the need for a meaningful activity, which was noted for around half the sample by both sources.”
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“Based on results and independent ratings of pain, the authors estimate notable under detection of discomfort and pain by both types of informants.”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > Abstract
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“Inter-rater reliabilities regarding agitated behaviors previously averaged 0.93 (Cohen-Mansfield et al., 1989) and currently averaged 96% with Intra-Class Correlation (ICC) of 0.90.”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 2. Methods > 2.3 Measurements
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- Supportedcites Cohen-Mansfield et al., 1989 source
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“Three unmet needs per resident were identified on average, with informants rating boredom/sensory deprivation, loneliness/need for social interaction, and need for meaningful activity as the most prevalent needs.”
- Also stated in: § 3.1 The perceptions of unmet needs contributing to behavior problems, and the level of confidence in the determination of unmet needs · plain
“The most common needs were loneliness/need for social contact and boredom/sensory deprivation, noted for about two thirds of the sample by RAs and for approximately half by NAs, followed by the need for a meaningful activity, which was noted for around half the sample by both sources.”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > Abstract
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“Cross tabulating ratings for both of these unmet needs shows that RAs identified only one or the other of these needs, rather than both, 39% of the time; the corresponding rate for NAs was 66% indicating that informants found these two needs to be different.”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 4. Discussion
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“Participants who were rated by RAs as having a loneliness need had significantly higher ratings of verbal agitation (Mann-Whitney test, z=1.70, p=.045, one-tailed – used based on the hypothesis) than those not designated as having this need, but there was no difference between the groups in physical agitation.”
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“The most common needs were loneliness/need for social contact and boredom/sensory deprivation, noted for about two thirds of the sample by RAs and for approximately half by NAs, followed by the need for a meaningful activity, which was noted for around half the sample by both sources.”
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“Residents rated as having anxiety/need for relaxation by the RA had significantly higher ratings of verbal agitation (z=2.04, p=.041), and negative affect (z=2. 60, p=.009).”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 3. Results > 3.3 Unmet needs in relation to residents’ background information
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“The agreement rate between RAs and NAs averaged 86% for all types of needs, and kappas averaged .25.”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 3. Results > 3.2 A comparison of RAs and NAs determination of unmet needs
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“Similarly, there was considerable overlap between the categories of pain and discomfort, yet the ratings were different.”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 4. Discussion
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“the average rating of confidence was identical for both RAs and NAs (mean=3.78).”
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“In regard to the hypotheses relating to the 4th research question pertaining to the relationship between unmet needs and type of agitation, the relationships between loneliness and verbal agitation and between pain and verbal agitation were supported by the findings.”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 4. Discussion
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“RA’s designation of the unmet need of pain was associated with significantly better cognitive function as tapped by the MMSE (z=2.16, p=.03), significantly higher levels of negative affect at baseline (z=2.21, p=.027), and higher scores on the PAINE (z=1.76. p=.039, one-tailed; one-tailed tests used to examine one sided hypotheses).”
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“That pilot tackled problems of categorizing unmet needs in order to develop categories and suggested, for example, combining the categories of boredom and need for sensory stimulation, since differentiation between these proved difficult.”
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“Significant relationships between discomfort and specific types of verbal agitation were found, but not with the category as a whole.”
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“According to the Unmet Needs Model, problem behaviors result from an imbalance in the interaction between lifelong habits and personality, current physical and mental states, and less than optimal environmental conditions (Figure 1).”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 1. Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Cohen-Mansfield and Werner, 1995 source
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“The Unmet Needs Model (Cohen-Mansfield and Werner, 1995; Cohen-Mansfield, 2000b) postulates that the dementia process results in a decreased ability to meet one’s needs because of an increasing difficulty in communicating these needs, and a decreased ability to provide for oneself (Hancock et al., 2006).”
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“The Unmet Needs Model states that problem behaviors of people with dementia result from unmet needs stemming from a decreased ability to communicate those needs and to provide for oneself.”
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“The Unmet Needs Model (Cohen-Mansfield and Werner, 1995; Cohen-Mansfield, 2000b) postulates that the dementia process results in a decreased ability to meet one’s needs because of an increasing difficulty in communicating these needs, and a decreased ability to provide for oneself (Hancock et al., 2006).”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > Abstract
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“Persons with dementia often exhibit inappropriate behaviors, which increases their suffering as well as the burden of caregivers (Cohen-Mansfield, 2001).”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 1. Introduction
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“Consequently, agitated behaviors, such as pacing may act to alleviate boredom or repetitious vocalizations may be used to communicate the need.”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 1. Introduction
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“This finding corroborates previous findings in persons with dementia of a need for being useful/giving meaning to life, enjoyment of activities, and social contact, which have been rated as psychological domains judged to be important to the quality of life of persons with dementia (see Schölzel-Dorenbos et al., 2010).”
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“The determination of unmet needs is a basis for developing intervention and prevention programs to meet those needs, thereby leading to improvement in the quality of life of NH residents with dementia.”
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“We believe this result stems from the different perspectives of these informants. Whereas the RAs focused on social and activity needs and their fulfillment, the NAs were more concerned with physical needs and often had more information of this type (e.g., constipation as an unmet need) to draw from when completing the TUNA.”
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“Based on our examination of the results, this indicates high agreement when most of the residents do not exhibit the need, but much lower agreement when determining which residents actually experience a specific unmet need.”
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“Activities interpreted as meaningful by residents relate to their past values, beliefs, interests and routines, and psychological needs and are experienced as enjoyable (Schölzel-Dorenbos et al., 2010).”
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“It is likely to affect nursing assistants’ ability to provide a thorough evaluation of unmet needs via the TUNA and should therefore be taken into account in future research.”
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“The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Charles E. Smith Life Communities and participants or closest relatives signed an informed consent.”
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“The specific nature of the identified discomfort needs make these particularly amenable to improvement efforts.”
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“This has been shown to pose a barrier to quality of care (Trinkoff et al., 2013; Lerner et al., 2014).”
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“This study can therefore be seen as a template for developing such programs.”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 4. Discussion
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- Based: passes — The paper gives a reason why it holds.
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- Rests on an assumption: This is the first paper to delineate the unmet needs of agitated nursing home residents with dementia.
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“Inter- rater agreement evaluations averaged 88% per emotional mode, with a range of 70%–99%, and an average ICC of 0.91.”
§ Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia? > 2. Methods > 2.3 Measurements
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Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it. It may state two separate claims as one.
The paper relies on this without support.
Direct observations are more objective and accurate than other forms of assessment.
“Direct observations were chosen because these are more objective and more accurate than other forms of assessment.”
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Unmet needs are an internal construct that cannot be assessed by self-report.
“Unmet needs represent an internal construct that cannot be assessed by self-report, yet is crucial for proper treatment.”
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The RA, unlike overextended nursing staff, was able to give undivided attention to a resident's response to social and activity opportunities.
“For social and activity needs, we chose to use only the RA’s evaluation since the RA, unlike the overextended nursing staff, was able to give undivided attention to a resident’s response to social/activity opportunities”
The paper relies on this without support.
This is the first paper to delineate the unmet needs of agitated nursing home residents with dementia.
“This is the first paper to delineate the unmet needs of agitated NH residents with dementia”
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“DAD may be influenced by, or may facilitate, challenging behavior in the care recipient (Cohen-Mansfield et al., Citation2015; Feast et al., Citation2016).”
From How do care-related beliefs contribute to depression and anxiety in family caregivers of people with dementia? Testing a cognitive vulnerability-stress model. (2025) · cites this paper as Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2015
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“Since pain and discomfort may cause difficulties in communication and self-management, and contribute to BPSD, these factors should be carefully searched and treated (111, 112).”
From The Multidisciplinary Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia. A Narrative Review of Non-Pharmacological Treatment (2018) · cites this paper as [112]
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“For instance, while one would expect that boredom would be rather close to the need for meaningful activities, as has been found in other studies (Cohen-Mansfield, 2001; Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2009; Kolanowski et al., 2011), data from this study suggest otherwise.”
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“For instance, while one would expect that boredom would be rather close to the need for meaningful activities, as has been found in other studies (Cohen-Mansfield, 2001; Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2009; Kolanowski et al., 2011), data from this study suggest otherwise.”
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Donovan, N. J., & Blazer, D. (2020) · The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2020.08.005 · Cited by 739
“Risk factors for SI/Lin older adults also include cognitive deficits and dementia.(31,32) Societal factors, such as availability of public transportation, may also contribute to SI/L.”
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“Since pain and discomfort may cause difficulties in communication and self-management, and contribute to BPSD, these factors should be carefully searched and treated (111, 112).”
BackgroundOlsen, C., Pedersen, I., Bergland, A., Enders‐Slegers, M., Jøranson, N., Calogiuri, G., & Ihlebæk, C. (2016) · BMC Geriatrics · doi:10.1186/s12877-016-0312-4 · Cited by 220
“Several studies of institutionalized PWDs have shown that the residents’ needs for meaningful activities are often unmet [15, 17, 61].”
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“It is possible that the AAA intervention might have been of particular value for this group, as patients with severe dementia have been found to have a high prevalence of unmet needs regarding meaningful activities and social contact (Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2015).”
BackgroundAgitation and Dementia: Prevention and Treatment Strategies in Acute and Chronic Conditions
Carrarini, C., Russo, M., Dono, F., Barbone, F., Rispoli, M. G., Ferri, L., Pietro, M. D., Digiovanni, A., Ajdinaj, P., Speranza, R., et al. (2021) · Frontiers in Neurology · doi:10.3389/fneur.2021.644317 · Cited by 177
“Nonetheless, cognitively impaired patients may experience difficulties communicating feelings of discomfort, pain, and loneliness, thereby making the assessment difficult (80).”
BackgroundPalliative Care in Advanced Dementia
Eisenmann, Y., Golla, H., Schmidt, H., Voltz, R., & Perrar, K. M. (2020) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00699 · Cited by 172
“Neuropsychiatric symptoms were associated with lower quality of life and unmet needs as pain and social needs were associated with verbally agitated behavioral symptoms (95).”
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Unmet care needs of older people: A scoping review
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“) Sensory deprivation (Cohen-Mansfield et al.(18)) Vision care (Clark and Dellasega,(51) Ferreira et al.”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialHome is where the future is: The BrightFocus Foundation consensus panel on dementia care
Samus, Q. M., Black, B. S., Bovenkamp, D. E., Buckley, M. J., Callahan, C. M., Davis, K. C., Gitlin, L. N., Hodgson, N. A., Johnston, D. M., Kales, H. C., et al. (2017) · Alzheimer s & Dementia · doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2017.10.006 · Cited by 107
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“Based on previous research on AAIs and PWDs’ need for meaningful activities (39), research on the effect of AAIs on the physical outcome ‘balance’ would be of great interest.”
MethodThe Experience of Relations in Persons with Dementia: A Systematic Meta-Synthesis
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Hearing Loss Treatment in Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review
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“holding a doll) because the intervention combines one-to-one social interaction with sensory stimulation.(116)”
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van den Berg, J. F., Kruithof, H. C., Kok, R., Verwijk, E., & Spaans, H. (2017) · American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2017.09.023 · Cited by 64
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“…et al., 2003; Hancock et al., 2006), unmet needs were prevalent across these three nursing homes, and clustered in particular domains, namely the psychosocial, such as daytime activities, company and psychological distress (Martin et al., 2002; Hancock et al., 2006; Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2015).”
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Optimal nonpharmacological management of agitation in Alzheimer’s disease: challenges and solutions
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“10 Pharmacological interventions have been traditionally used in the treatment of agitation, but many studies have documented adverse effects of sedative and antipsychotic drugs, such as worsening cognitive function, higher cerebro-vascular side effects, longer hospitalizations, and increased…”
Using dolls for therapeutic purposes: A study on nursing home residents with severe dementia
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“The idea behind the use of a doll vs a hand warmer stemmed from the need to see whether the possible beneficial effects of the DT (as described in previous works) relate to the anthropomorphic characteristics of dolls per se and therefore to their eliciting behaviors that echo previous nurturing experiences (mothering…”
BackgroundEcopsychosocial Interventions in Cognitive Decline and Dementia
Zeisel, J., Reisberg, ., Whitehouse, P. J., Woods, B. T., & Verheul, A. (2016) · American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease & Other Dementias® · doi:10.1177/1533317516650806 · Cited by 53
“a nonspecific and inexact label limit financial resources for research? Does such a label make it unnecessarily difficult to acquire and compare potentially significant research data and evidence? Does using a negative label limit access to treatments that might provide those with dementia and their partners a higher…”
BackgroundBunn, F., Lynch, J. K., Goodman, C. M., Sharpe, R., Walshe, C., Preston, N. J., & Froggatt, K. A. (2018) · BMC Geriatrics · doi:10.1186/s12877-018-0995-9 · Cited by 54
“holding a doll) because the intervention combines one-to-one social interaction with sensory stimulation [109].”
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Engagement in elderly persons with dementia attending animal-assisted group activity
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“Sensory deprivation is associated with boredom and is classified as one of the most common unmet needs for PwD in care settings [39], where residents with Littlejohn et al.”
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“Despite these constraints, the post-GPA intervention group described applying a more person-centered process that reflected the dementia-specific communication strategies aligned with best practice competencies published in the literature—strategies that, until now, have been reported almost exclusively in studies con…”
MethodFamily Ties and Older Adult Well-Being: Incorporating Social Networks and Proximity
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“…include the use of physical presence and therapeutic touch, recreational or social activities, behavioral interventions, individual and group psychological or psychosocial interventions, environmental interventions, daily routines, music-based therapies [33,34], or combinations of these [35,36].”
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“Given that the most common needs pertain to loneliness, boredom, pain, and discomfort (Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2015), nonpharmacological interventions span a very wide range of actual interventions, of which the papers here mention visual arts (Windle et al.”
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“A recent study found that the three most common unmet needs in people with dementia were boredom/sensory deprivation, loneliness/need for social interaction, and need for meaningful activity (Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2015).”
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“Hence, nonpharmacological treatment can be considered in order to relieve BPSDs.(2,7,11) There are numerous non-pharmacological treatment options that have been shown to improve quality of life and reduce BPSDs in individuals with dementia, one of which is animal-assisted intervention (AAI).”
BackgroundSensory Design for Dementia Care – The Benefits of Textiles
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“The process of cognitive decline impacts a person’s ability and capacity to cope with and adjust to their environment, to take part in everyday activities and personal care, to interact with others and to meet their own needs (Cohen-Mansfield et al. 2015).”
BackgroundInfluentialVery frequent physical aggression and vocalizations in nursing home residents with dementia
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“Activities and social interactions are amongst the most prevalent unmet needs of persons with dementia which have a negative impact on their physical, cognitive and psychosocial wellbeing [9,10].”
BackgroundMotealleh, P., Moyle, W., Jones, C., & Dupré, K. (2021) · HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal · doi:10.1177/19375867211063489 · Cited by 23
“These unmet needs are often due to unacceptable environmental conditions, including excessive or insufficient levels of stimulation in the environment and limited opportunities for engagement or socialization with others (Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2015).”
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Revisiting the Role of Physicians in Assisted Living and Residential Care Settings
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Michelet, M., Selbaek, G., Strand, B. H., Lund, A., Engedal, K., Bieber, A., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Jelley, H., et al. (2022) · Aging & Mental Health · doi:10.1080/13607863.2021.1910792 · Cited by 19
Malhotra, C., Vishwanath, P., Yong, J. R., Østbye, T., Seow, D. C. C., Yap, P. L. K., Tan, L. L., Tham, W. Y., Vaingankar, J. A., Foo, J., et al. (2020) · Journal of Alzheimer s Disease · doi:10.3233/jad-190897 · Cited by 19
Yan, Z., Traynor, V., Alananzeh, I. M., Drury, P., & Chang, H. (2023) · Dementia · doi:10.1177/14713012231173817 · Cited by 20
“A study by Cohen-Mansfield et al. (2015) identified the top three unmet needs of individuals with dementia in residential aged care to be loneliness/need for social interaction, boredom/sensory deprivation, and need for meaningful activities.”
BackgroundMcCreedy, E. M., Gutman, R., Baier, R. R., Rudolph, J. L., Thomas, K. S., Dvorchak, F., Uth, R., Ogarek, J. A., & Mor, V. (2021) · Trials · doi:10.1186/s13063-021-05620-y · Cited by 24
Enhancing Communication in Adults with Dementia and Age-Related Hearing Loss
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The Validity of the Norwegian Version of the Cognitive Function Instrument
Michelet, M., Engedal, K., Selbæk, G., Lund, A. D., Bjørkløf, G. H., Horndalsveen, P. O., & Bergh, S. (2018) · Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders · doi:10.1159/000493463 · Cited by 18
Ferreira, A. R., Simões, M. R., Moreira, E., Guedes, J. M., & Fernandes, L. P. N. S. (2019) · Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics · doi:10.1016/j.archger.2019.103919 · Cited by 19
The Rights of Persons With Dementia and Their Meanings
Cohen‐Mansfield, J. (2021) · Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2021.03.007 · Cited by 19
Self-citationLin, R. S. Y., Yu, D. S. F., Chau, P. H., Li, P. W., & Ismail, Z. (2022) · Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology · doi:10.1177/08919887221093363 · Cited by 17
“The behaviors denoted by the non-homogenous items are the resultant actions used by people with dementia to fulfill their needs without awareness and acknowledgment of social norms.(65) For example, undressing in public can be seen as highly inappropriate, when in fact, it can result from physical discomfort.”
BackgroundBjörk, S., Lövheim, H., Lindkvist, M., Wimo, A. B., & Edvardsson, D. (2017) · International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry · doi:10.1002/gps.4714 · Cited by 17
“Agitation and depression were previously shown to relate negatively with a proxy-rated QoL (Beerens et al., 2013), and in a recent study, agitated behaviors were associated with discomfort, unmet social needs, or boredom (Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2015).”
BackgroundA Longitudinal Study of Functional Unmet Need Among People with Dementia
Read, S., Hu, B., Wittenberg, R., Brimblecombe, N., Robinson, L. A., & Banerjee, S. (2021) · Journal of Alzheimer s Disease · doi:10.3233/jad-210724 · Cited by 16
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Pain in persons with dementia and the direct and indirect impacts on caregiver burden
Regier, N. G., Taylor, J. L. W., Szanton, S. L., Parmelee, P. A., Perrin, N., Liu, M., Jenkins, E., Hodgson, N. A., & Gitlin, L. N. (2021) · Geriatric Nursing · doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.01.007 · Cited by 16
Self-citationIsraeli nursing home staff perspectives on challenges to quality care for residents with dementia
Cohen‐Mansfield, J., & Meschiany, G. (2022) · Geriatric Nursing · doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.12.012 · Cited by 19
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“NPS are a product of unmet needs due to the increasing difficulties in expressing ones' needs.(82) Considering that the daily functioning of people at earlier disease stages is mostly intact,(83) their NPS manifestations are more stress‐provoking as described by the PLST model than need‐driven as stated by the unmet n…”
BackgroundPerceived Unmet Need and Need-Related Distress of People Living With Dementia
Minyo, M. J., & Judge, K. S. (2022) · Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine · doi:10.1177/23337214221092886 · Cited by 14
“For example, behavioral expressions have been shown to be associated with unmet needs (Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2015; Hancock et al., 2006; Martyr et al., 2018), such that behavioral expressions arise as an attempt to communicate an unmet need (Algase et al., 1996; CohenMansfield et al., 2015).”
BackgroundSmaling, H. J. A., Francke, A. L., Achterberg, W. P., et al. (2022) · Journal of Palliative Care · doi:10.1177/08258597221129739 · Cited by 14
“A lack of activities contributes to challenging behavior in people with advanced dementia, stemming from unmet needs such as boredom, sensory deprivation, and need for social interaction.(5,6) Offering tailored, meaningful activities can improve persons with dementia’s quality of life.”
BackgroundModerate dementia: relational social engagement (RSE) during family visits
Walmsley, B. D., & McCormack, L. (2017) · Aging & Mental Health · doi:10.1080/13607863.2017.1326462 · Cited by 14
“However, if speech and facial expressiveness diminish during the moderate stage of dementia, individuals find it difficult to satisfy their engagement needs (Cohen-Mansfield, 2000; CohenMansfield & Werner, 1995; Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2015; Miller, 2015).”
Impacto psicológico de las demencias en las familias: propuesta de un modelo integrador
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“Discovering and addressing the needs of people with dementia are critical endeav-ours, because unmet needs can reduce quality of life, increase discontent, and drive a sense of despair [11–13].”
BackgroundKoh, W. Q., Hoel, V., Casey, D., & Toomey, E. C. (2022) · Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2022.09.010 · Cited by 14
Hyun, K. T., & 박수현 (2016) · Korean Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.17315/kjhp.2016.21.1.004 · Cited by 13
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“Moreover, many behavioral symptoms of dementia may be related to an inability to express unmet needs, such as hunger, thirst, loneliness/social isolation, boredom, and lack of physical activity [4].”
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“…generally occur in response to a person’s unmet needs and there is a movement to discourage pathologizing of human behaviour (Alzheimer Society of Canada, 2019; Behavioural Supports Ontario, 2020; Bourgeois & Hickey, 2009; Cohen-Mansfield et al., 2015; Dupuis et al., 2012; Dupuis & Luh, 2005).”
BackgroundAesthetics and dementia: exploring the role of everyday aesthetics in dementia care settings
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“Sensory experience, in the context of dementia, is particularly important as people with the condition are at risk of sensory deprivation and can become increasingly reliant on sensory cues due to difficulties with language and communication as the condition progresses (Cohen-Mansfield et al. 2015).”
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“Therefore the MAKS-s intervention (where s stands for severe dementia) was adapted to the special needs of PWSDs, following the ‘unmet needs model’ by Cohen-Mansfield and colleagues [16].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cohen-Mansfield, J., Dakheel-Ali, M., Marx, M. S., Thein, K., & Regier, N. G.
- ORCID
- Regier, Natalie G.
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-07
- Volume
- 228
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 59-64
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4451402
- OpenAlex
- W1988292497
- Semantic Scholar
- cc1a9c2635510a9c9875de4eaa550a367b18d87a
- Cited by
- 287
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 27 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 15.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (2 R01 AG010172- 10A2)
- Minerva-Stiftung Foundation (31583295000, 80539)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Keywords
- dementia, unmet needs, behavioral problems, nursing home residents, boredom, sensory deprivation, loneliness, social interaction, meaningful activities, verbal agitation, pain detection, discomfort, informant ratings
- MeSH terms
- Problem Behavior, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Dementia, Female, Health Services Needs and Demand, Homes for the Aged, Humans, Male, Maryland, Nursing Homes, Pain, Psychomotor Agitation
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