Behavior problems such as language disruptions are increasing in conjunction with the population of elderly adults with dementia in nursing homes. However, few studies have included analyses appropriate for adults with dementia. In the current study, a multielement functional analysis was conducted with 2 elderly adults who exhibit language disruptions to determine whether the inclusion of programmed discriminative stimuli resulted in differential responding. Once differential responding was achieved, a functionally derived intervention was examined using a reversal design. For both participants, programmed discriminative stimuli resulted in greater differential responding between test and control conditions. For 1 of the 2 participants, only the functional analysis with programmed discriminative stimuli identified a functional relation and led to a function-based treatment. Implications for using discriminative stimuli during functional analyses will be discussed.