Evidence-based protocols for managing wandering behaviors / Audrey L. Nelson and Donna L. Algase, editors.

ISBN:

9780826163660

9781280924842

Title:

Evidence-based protocols for managing wandering behaviors / Audrey L. Nelson and Donna L. Algase, editors.

Author:

Nelson, Audrey, PhD.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 452 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Wandering definitions and terms / Donna L. Algase [and others] -- Theoretical models of wandering / Donna L. Algase [and others] -- Epidemiology of wandering / Ladislav Volicer -- Neuropsychological correlates of wanderers / Cheryl A. Luis and Lisa M. Brown -- Assessment of wandering behaviors / Donna L. Algase -- Impact of wandering on functional status / Elizabeth R.A. Beattie and Cynthia A. Beel-Bates -- Caregiver issues associated with wandering / Elizabeth A. Perkins, Nancy Lynn, and William E. Haley -- Cultural issues associated with wandering / Inez Joseph and Gwi-Ryung Son Hong -- Root cause analysis of reported wandering adverse events in the Veterans Health Administration / Joseph M. DeRosier [and others].

Getting lost: antecedents, wandering behavior, and search strategies / Meredeth A. Rowe and Andrea J. Pe Benito -- Behavior management of wandering behavior: staff training issues / Lawrence Schonfeld, Lisa M. Brown, and Victor A. Molinari -- Pharmacological interventions associated with wandering / Stephen Charles Castle and Michelle K. Rutledge -- The Alzheimer's Association's Safe Return Program for Persons Who Wander / Elizabeth Bass, Meredeth A. Rowe, and Monica Moreno -- A home safety program for community-based wanderers: outcomes from the Veterans Home Safety Project / Kathy J. Horvath, Rose M. Harvey, and Scott A. Trudeau -- Technologies to manage wandering / William D. Kearns and James L. Fozard -- Environmental design / Bettye Rose Connell and Margaret P. Calkins -- Evidence-based practice protocols for wandering / Elizabeth R.A. Beattie and Laura M. Struble -- A research agenda to build the science associated with wandering / Audrey L. Nelson and Donna L. Algase.

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Subject Term:

Dementia -- Complications.

Evidence-based medicine.

Walking.

Agitation (Psychology)

Added Author:

Nelson, Audrey, PhD.

Algase, Donna L.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2007

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Summary

Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!

Designated a Doody's Core Title!

"I have not seen a book that does a better job with synthesis or provision of good concise information to those in need." (3 Stars)-- Doody's Book Review Service

Wandering behaviors are among the most frequent, problematic, and dangerous conditions associated with dementia and a continual challenge in health care and the community. Strongly research-based, this book presents and analyzes the latest research on wandering from the clinical, health care management, and policy literature and offers practical assessment and management tools. Nurses, physicians, gerontologists and others address the range of wandering behaviors of patients with Alzheimer's and other dementias, including prevention of elopement, getting lost, falls, fractures, and the subsequent need for extended nursing home or other supervised care that may result. The book places special emphasis on the difficult and stressful problems of daily patient care, improving safety for those with cognitive impairments, and enabling those with dementia to remain independent longer.

This book is for all caregivers intent on improving care for the nearly 5 million Americans who are at risk.

Key Features of this book:

Offers practical tools for measuring and assessing wandering Emphasizes difficult and stressful daily problems of patient care Assesses medication and nonpharmacological interventions Describes the Alzheimer's Association's Safe ReturnÆ Program Weighs environmental design factors that influence wandering behaviors