Intervention strategies for exit-seeking wandering behavior in dementia residents.
Long-term care facilities need effective intervention strategies to assist residents who, out of confusion, frustration, or anger, seek to exit the facility, which can result in their becoming lost or injured. This article describes some of the factors that lead to exit-seeking behavior and offers proven methods for educating staff to intervene during these episodes, enabling them to deal with the exit-seeker in a calm, compassionate, and dignified manner.
Lucero
Mary
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Geriatric Resources, Inc, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*