A success story: grouping the alert with the mentally impaired

Behavioural adjuncts of confusion: How lucid nursing home residents cope with confused co-residents' behaviour

“…These include situations in which confused residents wander into their bedrooms, take personal objects, or engage in other socially inappropriate behaviour. Negative feelings may arise from living in close association with people who have impaired reasoning and communication skills (Brody, 1977;Weisburg, 1984). In response to a question about what they liked least about living in their residence, residents in 15 long-term-care facilities most frequently mentioned dealing with the mix of confused and lucid residents (Gutman, Mercer, & Fallick, 1979).…”