title: A man with severe Alzheimer's disease stops wandering during a picture colouring activity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effects of a picture colouring activity on the wandering (and constructive engagement) of a man with severe Alzheimer's disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  The colouring activity was compared with a music listening condition and a baseline/control condition. A choice phase involving the colouring activity and the music condition was also implemented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Wandering was constant during the baseline condition, but it was reduced to low or virtually 0% levels during the music condition and picture colouring activity. Moreover, the patient regularly selected the colouring activity (which also promoted constructive engagement) during the choice phase.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Simple leisure activities, such as picture colouring, might help patients with Alzheimer's disease reduce wandering.
authors: University of Bari, Italy. g.lancioni@psico.uniba.it
authors: Giulio E
authors: GE
authors: Lancioni
authors: Viviana
authors: V
authors: Perilli
authors: Nirbhay N
authors: NN
authors: Singh
authors: Mark F
authors: MF
authors: O'Reilly
authors: Germana
authors: G
authors: Cassano
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000534:rehabilitation*