Citation

Ito M, Takahashi R, Liehr P. Holist. Nurs. Pract. 2007; 21(1): 12-18.

Affiliation

Human Care Research Team, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan. mioitoh@yahoo.co.jp

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17167327

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.

Language: en