Assessments and interventions for wandering
40 mins
1 week
Cost free
Certificate of Completion
This module focuses on wandering as a behavioural symptom of dementia. We explore assessment tools and interventions specific to this responsive behaviour.
This module has prerequisite requirements
Suitable for people working in:
Residential Care, Acute Care, Primary Care, Community Care, Mixed, Respite Care, Palliative Care, Emergency Care
This module is part of the course:
Walking safely with dementia
DTA currently uses different terms for behaviour. We will be progressively moving to the term Changed Behaviour in all our content.
Assessments and interventions for wandering
This is module 2 in the 3 part module series: Walking safely with dementia.
Other modules in this series:
Module 3: Wandering - case studies
Prerequisite: You must first complete module 1 and 2
Prerequisites
Before undertaking this module you will need to complete the following:
You'll build on your knowledge of dementia and responsive behaviours and learn about tools designed to assess wandering behaviour. You will also learn about interventions that may help to keep the person with dementia who wanders safe throughout the course of their day.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module you should be able to:
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Describe the characteristics and impacts of dementia-related wandering
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Identify how to accurately assess a person's wandering behaviour
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Identify appropriate evidence-based interventions to implement in community-based care
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Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for a person with wandering behaviour
Continuing Professional Development
A completion certificate for CPD credit is awarded upon successful completion of this module.
Acknowledgements
The Walking Safely course was developed by Assoc Professor Margaret MacAndrew, Yvonne Wilkinson, Professor Elizabeth Beattie, Sandra Jeavons, and Elizabeth Miles at Queensland University of Technology. The authors would like to thank the Advisory Committee for their invaluable contribution to the development of this resource.Getting started
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Version history
| Published: | 24 Jan 2022 |
| Updated: | 14 Jul 2023 |
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