Wandering behaviour in people with dementia

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-182

  Lai, Claudia K Y ^a   Arthur, David G ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agitated behaviour; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Elopement; Nursing; Wandering

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING PROCESS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; WALKING;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING PROCESS; ORIENTATION; WALKING;

EID: 0142166157     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02781.x     Document Type: Review

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