... hospital admission Confusion Agitation Responsive behaviour Resistance Suboptimal care Approximately two-thirds of hospital admissions are older adults and about half of these are likely to have some form of dementia. Recent evidence confirms that they experience multiple problems and have...

... of theory evaluation. Findings This paper provides a conclusion about each theory in terms of agitation in the elderly. Meleis’s (2010) criteria will be used for both theories to evaluate different components such as the relationship between structure and function, diagram of the theory, circle...