title: Conditions associated with wandering in people with dementia from the viewpoint of self-awareness: five case reports.
abstract: The conditions associated with wandering in people with dementia include purposeless activity, purposeful actions, irritation, and symptoms of depression. The words and actions of 5 people admitted to long-term health care facilities who often exhibited wandering behavior were observed, and the above conditions were studied based on our self-awareness model (consisting of "theory of mind," "self-evaluation," and "self-consciousness"). One person who had not passed the theory of mind task but had passed the self-evaluation task was aware of her wandering. However, she could not understand where she wanted to go or for what purpose. Four persons who had not passed the self-evaluation tasks were not aware of their wandering and had no purpose for their wandering.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Science, Kibi International University, Takahasi, Japan. joy_yokoi@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Kie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001364:Awareness; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D056345:Theory of Mind