ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2018
What do we know about strategies to manage dementia-related wandering? A scoping review.
Article in Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Supporting safe walking and managing missing incidents in dementia: a qualitative narrative synthesis of current evidence.Age and ageing · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness, Adoption Determinants, and Implementation Challenges of ICT-Based Cognitive Support for Older Adults with MCI and Dementia: A PRISMA-Compliant Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2015-2025).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- "There is always a reason why someone is doing something": The importance of life history and personhood when supporting people with dementia to "wander" in care homes.Dementia (London, England) · 2025Article
- Characteristics and Range of Reviews About Technologies for Aging in Place: Scoping Review of Reviews.JMIR aging · 2024Article
- Restraint Practices in Incapable Wandering Patients During COVID-19: Ethics and Best Practice Recommendations.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2022Article
- Developing a Non-Pharmacological Intervention Programme for Wandering in People with Dementia: Recommendations for Healthcare Providers in Nursing Homes.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Wandering/Aberrant Motor Behaviour in Patients with Dementia.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Association Between Cognitive Status and Falls With and Without Injury During a Skilled Nursing Facility Short Stay.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2022Article
- Use of technology and social media in dementia care: Current and future directions.World journal of psychiatry · 2021Review
- Outdoor life in dementia: How predictable are people with dementia in their mobility?Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Three of five persons with dementia will wander, raising concern as to how it can be managed effectively. Wander-management strategies comprise a range of interventions for different environments. Although technological interventions may help in the management of wandering, no review has exhaustively searched what types of high- and low-technological solutions are being used to reduce the risks of wandering. In this article, we perform a review of gray and scholarly literature that examines the range and extent of high- and low-tech strategies used to manage wandering behavior in persons with dementia. We conclude that although effectiveness of 49 interventions and usability of 13 interventions were clinically tested, most were evaluated in institutional or laboratory settings, few addressed ethical issues, and the overall level of scientific evidence from these outcomes was low. Based on this review, we provide guidelines and recommendations for future research in this field.
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