The Relation of Premorbid Factors to Aggressive Physical Behavior in Dementia

A study of premorbid personality and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in nursing home residents

“…These findings are inconsistent with previous reports from community (Chaterjee et al, 1992;Swearer et al, 1996;Strauss et al, 1997;Meins et al, 1998) and nursing home samples (Brandt et al, 1998;Kolanowski and Garr, 1999). We attempted to minimise reporting biases by using a reliable retrospective informant rated instrument (Kolanowski and Garr, 1999) and by obtaining reports on premorbid personality and current behaviour or psychological status from different informants, all blind to the study hypotheses. Nevertheless the accuracy of informant reports are questionable since residents' scores, as reported, were low or very low on three out of the five personality factors.…”

“…The NEO-FFI is a validated standardized instrument designed for either self-or informantreport (McCrae and Costa, 1987;Costa and McCrae, 1988;Strauss and Pasupathi, 1994) that has been used in previous retrospective studies of personality (Kolanowski and Garr, 1999 Reisberg, 1988) is a seven-stage scale measuring dependency rated by research staff. Stages 6 and 7 are further subdivided into substages, a-e, scored as 6.2, 6.4, 6.6, etc.…”

Personality changes in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review

“…Of these, 15 studies used the 181-item NEO PI, the 240-item NEO PI-R or the 60-item NEO-FFI to assess personality traits in dementia. However, five of the studies assessed only premorbid personality traits rather than both premorbid and current traits (Wild et al, 1994;Kolanowski et al, 1997;Kolanowski and Garr, 1999;Low et al, 2002;Seiffer et al, 2005;Archer et al, 2006;Wilson et al, 2008). One study (Seiffer et al, 2005) reported only the domain of Conscientiousness.…”

The Repeated Appeal to Return Home in Older Adults with Dementia: Developing a Model for Practice

“…Numerous studies have established the applicability of the NDB model to intervention in dementia (Algase 1999(Algase , 2005Colling 1999Colling , 2004Fitzsimmons and Buettner 2002;Futrell and Melillo 2002;Kolanowski and Garr 1999;Kolanowski and Whall 2000;Kolanowski and Rule 2001;Kolanowski, Litaker, and Baumann 2002;Kolanowski, Richards, and Sullivan 2002;Kolanowski et al 2005;Kovach et al 2005;Whall 1999Whall , 2002. However, as far as the authors know, no other studies have described the process of care workers in understanding the repeated appeal to return home by older adults with dementia in nursing care facilities.…”