Beck et al., 2002

Beck, CK., Vogelpohl, T.S., Rasin, J.H., Uriri, J.T., O'Sullivan, P., Walls, R., Phillips, R., Baldwin, B. (2002). Effects of behavioral interventions on disruptive behavior and affect in demented nursing home residents.  Nursing Research, 51(4), 219-228.

Tested an ADL intervention and a psychosocial activity intervention and both together to determine their efficacy in reducing BPSD and improving affect.  Also two controls - placebo and no intervention.  NA's hired for task did the interventions supervised by a GNS.  Treatment groups showed improved affect but not improved BPSD.  Authors suspect that the treatments did not address the factors causing the disruptive behaviors specifically enough.