Advances in Resistance to Care in Patients with Dementia

Resistance to care (RTC) is a common abnormal behavioral manifestation of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. Although RTC is strongly associated with agitation or aggressive behavior, it is a specific behavioral response of dementia patients to caregivers, and may result in a negative feedback mechanism as it often directly, negatively impacts caregivers. Currently, there are rare studies on RTC in dementia patients or measuring RTC in these patients using relevant tools in China, which may be because domestic researchers easily confuse RTC with other behavioral concepts. While the concept of RTC was introduced earlier in foreign studies, and has been systematically explored and studied. In this paper, we reviewed available relevant studies, and gave a detailed description of the concept, impact, assessment tools, and interventions regarding RTC, with a view to providing ideas and strategies for the study of RTC in patients with dementia in China.