You'll build on your knowledge of dementia and changed behaviours and learn about tools designed to assess wandering behaviour. You will also learn about interventions that may help to keep a person living with dementia who wanders safe throughout the course of their day.
This is module 2 in the 3-part module series: Walking Safely with Dementia
Learning Outcomes
After completing this module, staff should be able to:
Describe the characteristics and impacts of dementia-related wandering
Identify how to accurately assess a person's wandering behaviour
Identify appropriate evidence-based interventions to implement in community-based care
Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for a person with wandering behaviour
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