Management of Agitation in Behaviours That Challenge in Dementia Care: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Non-Pharmacological Strategies.

The template allowed specialist multidisciplinary professionals to identify skills for the management of distress and agitated behaviour linked to the respective phase of arousal. The template has scope to guide practitioners to identify the detail needed for the management of behaviours that challenge. The findings have the potential to influence the contents of forthcoming guidelines on alternatives to psychotropics in dementia care.