A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE ON BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

The challenges of managing behavior problems in persons with dementia require new models that support interdisciplinary approaches. The Ecos ystemic Biopsychosocial Grid is presented as a systems approach to ass essing and organizing care. It assesses both resources and barriers ac ross 10 realms of daily experience and identifies approaches that can maximize the balance between the capacities of persons with dementia a nd the demands placed upon them by their environment. Issues specific to Alzheimer's disease are reviewed across the biopsychosocial continu um.