... impact on behaviour and create distress in already stress-inducing environments. Shirley was shocked and distressed to see security staff “manhandling” her highly agitated husband and echoed a common feeling among other carers: I felt so helpless, I felt was failing Den. I couldn’t help him...

... 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...