[Epidemiology without numbers: nurses tell their perception, and the management strategies, of the behavioral problems of the elderly].

Objectives: To assess the practicability of caring strategies which rely on the subjective resources and insights of nursing personnel in the management of behavioral problems of the elderly.

Methods: Following the indications of a training session, the nurses in charge of a residential geriatric department have been invited to express, through brief written accounts, their point of view on: 1. the definition(s) of behavioral problems; 2.