WANDERING - A SHORT REPORT ON COPING STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY INFORMAL CARERS

Authors
DODDS P
Citation
P. Dodds, WANDERING - A SHORT REPORT ON COPING STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY INFORMAL CARERS, International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 9(9), 1994, pp. 751-756
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
International journal of geriatric psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
08856230
Volume
9
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
751 - 756
Database
ISI
SICI code
0885-6230(1994)9:9<751:W-ASRO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Wandering is common in people with dementia. It is one of the behaviou rs that unpaid carers who are relatives find most difficult to cope wi th when caring for people with dementia at home. Six carers were inter viewed using a descriptive typology of wandering devised by HoPe and F airburn (1990). The aim of the study was to establish the types of wan dering behaviour carers experienced, how they dealt with this behaviou r and what they did to modify it.