Evidence-Based Protocols for Managing Wandering Behaviors
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"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

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Evidence-Based Protocols for Managing Wandering Behaviors
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

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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

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826163660
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Publication date: 07/12/2007
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 480
File size: 11 MB
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About the Author

Audrey L. Nelson, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Director of the Veterans Administration Patient Safety Research Center and has more than 28 years of experience in nursing. She currently serves as the Associate Chief of Nursing Service for Research at the Tampa VA and Director of the Tampa Patient Safety Center of Inquiry. Dr. Nelson is Associate Director of Clinical Research at the University of South Florida College of Nursing and is a Research Professor in the Colleges of Public Health and Engineering. She is a national leader in patient safety and has established and chairs the International Research Consortium on Wandering.


Donna L. Algase, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, is the Josephine M. Sana Collegiate Professor of Nursing at the School of Nursing, University of Michigan, founding Director of the Center of Frail and Vulnerable Elders, and Director of the Intervention Development and Measurement Core of the Michigan Center for Health Interventions.

Table of Contents

"
    Preface
    Contributors
    Acknowledgments
    List of Figures
    List of Tables
    PART I: CONSTRUCT OF WANDERING
  1. Wandering Definitions and Terms, Donna L. Algase, D. Helen Moore, Deborah Gavin-Dreschnack, and Carla VandeWeerd
  2. Theoretical Models of Wandering, Donna L. Algase, Lan Yao, Cynthia A. Beel-Bates, and Jun-Ah Song
  3. Epidemiology of Wandering, Ladislav Volicer
  4. Neuropsychological Correlates of Wandering, Cheryl A. Luis and Lisa M. Brown

    5. PART II: ASSESSMENT
  5. Assessment of Wandering Behaviors, Donna L. Algase

    6. PART III: SPECIAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH WANDERING
  6. Impact of Wandering on Functional Status, Elizabeth R.A. Beattie and Cynthia A. Beel-Bates
  7. Caregiver Issues Associated with Wandering, Elizabeth A. Perkins, Nancy Lynn, and William E. Haley
  8. Cultural Issues Associated with Wandering, Inez Joseph and Gwi-Ryung Son Hong
  9. Root Cause Analysis of Reported Wandering Adverse Events in the Veterans Health Administration, Joseph M. DeRosier, Lesley Taylor, James Turner, and James P. Bagian
  10. Getting Lost: Antecedents, Wandering Behavior, and Search Strategies, Meredeth A. Rowe and Andrea J. Pe Benito

    11. PART IV: INTERVENTIONS
  11. Behavior Management of Wandering Behavior: Staff Training Issues, Lawrence Schonfeld, Lisa M. Brown, and Victor A. Molinari
  12. Pharmacological Interventions Associated with Wandering, Stephen Charles Castle and Michelle K. Rutledge
  13. The Alzheimer's Association's Safe ReturnÆ Program for Persons Who Wander, Elizabeth Bass, Meredeth A. Rowe, and Monica Moreno
  14. 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
  15. Technologies to Manage Wandering, William D. Kearns and James L. Fozard
  16. Environmental Design, Bettye Rose Connell and Margaret P. Calkins
  17. Evidence-Based Practice Protocols for Wandering, Elizabeth R.A. Beattie and Laura M. Struble

    18. PART V: FUTURE DIRECTIONS
  18. A Research Agenda to Build the Science Associated with Wandering, Audrey L. Nelson and Donna L. Algase

    19. Appendices
    Appendix A: Compendium of Wandering-Related Terms and Definitions
    Appendix B: Measurement Tools for Wandering
    Appendix C: Wandering Resources
    Index
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