The Behavior modification approach for the elderly

首先结合行为疗法和老年学的文献，分析了老年行为疗法的发展趋势。这些文献被选在《美国行为疗法和老年学》杂志上。文献表明，老年人的行为疗法分为三类：(1)前期刺激，(2)应急管理，(3)一揽子治疗。它是在使用行为矫正技术恢复老年人的言语行为时进行的。这位老人是一位87岁的妇女，过去8年一直住在养老院。当她到达养老院时，她能够口头表达自己，与其他居民交谈，并了解养老院的情况。然而，现在她不能说话，也不能和任何人说话。当她口头表达自己时，治疗师立即给予她口头赞扬和身体接触，作为应急管理措施。在实施了六个月的治疗后，这名女子开始比以前更多地口头表达自己。也就是说，通过案例说明，在老年人的言语训练和行为矫正中应该使用行为矫正技术。

It was aimed at first to analyze the trends of the behavior therapy for the elderly with the literature of behavior therapy and gerontology. The literature was chosen in the american journal of behavior therapy and gerontology. It became clear through the literature that behavior therapy for the elderly was divided into3 categories : (1)antecedent stimulus, (2)contigency managements, (3)package treatments.It was practiced at the reinstatement of the verbal behavior in an elderly person using behavior modification technique. The elderly person was an 87 years old woman who has been living in a nursing home for the past eight years. When she arrived at the nursing home, she was able to express herself verbally, talking with the other residents and the statf of the nursing home. However, now she could not speak and did not talk with anyone. When she expressed herself verbally, the therapist immediately gave her verbal praise and physical contact as contigency managements. After the therapy had been implemented for six months, the woman began to express herself verbally more than she had done before. Namely, it was shown from the case that the behavior modification technique should be used in the verbal training and behavior modification for the aged.