Dementia care: assess wander walking and apply strategies

Authors

Jan Dewing, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

97854

Publication Details

Dewing, J. (2011). Dementia care: assess wander walking and apply strategies. Nursing and Residential Care, 13 (10), 494-496.

Abstract

Wander-walking in people with dementia has been dismissed in the past as something that should be controlled. Here, Jan Dewing explains how new evidence has shed light on its causes, and how to assess it and intervene.