| To distinguish two behavioral syndromes of dementia: Agitation and resistiveness to care. |
| Residents are excluded when in day-care, in short-term residency, in coma, in palliative care or terminally ill, using a denture adhesive, expressing verbal or physical resistiveness before or during an oral examination. |
| In Creative Music Therapy, the client-therapist relationship is seen to progress through different stages based on levels of resistiveness of the client. |
