ArticleAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
A framework for managing wandering and preventing elopement.
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- Function Focused Care for Assisted Living Residents With Dementia.The Gerontologist · 2015Trial
- Guiding the Ethics of Locator Devices in Dementia Care: Tutorial on Developing a Question-Based Ethical Framework.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- An Interdisciplinary Overview on Ambient Assisted Living Systems for Health Monitoring at Home: Trade-Offs and Challenges.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Pan-Canadian estimates of the prevalence and risks associated with critical wandering among home care clients.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- The Ethics of Electronic Tracking Devices in Dementia Care: An Interview Study with Developers.Science and engineering ethics · 2024Article
- Taking Another Look: Thoughts on Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia and Their Measurement.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- What do we know about strategies to manage dementia-related wandering? A scoping review.Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2018Article
- Policies to protect persons with dementia in assisted living: déjà vu all over again?The Gerontologist · 2015Article
- Exploring the Influence of Environment on the Spatial Behavior of Older Adults in a Purpose-Built Acute Care Dementia Unit.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias · 2014Observational
- Persons with dementia missing in the community: is it wandering or something unique?BMC geriatrics · 2011Article
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Abstract
purpose of the studyA framework aids choice of interventions to manage wandering and prevent elopement in consideration of associated risks and mobility needs of wanderers. DESIGN AND
methodsA literature review, together with research results, published wandering tools, clinical reports, author clinical experience, and consensus-based judgments was used to build a decision-making framework.
resultsReferencing a published definition of wandering and originating a clinical description of problematic wandering, authors introduce a framework comprising (1) wandering and related behaviors; (2) goals of wandering-specific care, (3) interpersonally, technologically, and policy-mediated wandering interventions, and (4) estimates of relative frequencies of wandering behaviors, magnitudes of elopement risk, and restrictiveness of strategies. IMPLICATIONS: Safeguarding wanderers from elopement risk is rendered person-centered and humane when goals of care guide intervention choice. Despite limitations, a reasoned, systematized approach to wandering management provides a basis for tailoring a specialized program of care. The need for framework refinement and related research is emphasized.
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