Wandering behavior of 4 geriatric patients with dementia residing in a long-term care facility was assessed using direct behavioral observations. The consequences identified during the observations as maintaining wandering for each patient were then applied for the absence of wandering using differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO). The effectiveness of the DRO procedure was evaluated...

OBJECTIVES To explore the extent of and factors associated with male residents who change wandering status post nursing home admission. DESIGN Longitudinal design with secondary data analyses. Admissions over a 4-year period were examined using repeat assessments with the Minimum Data Set (MDS) to formulate a model understanding the development of wandering behavior. SETTING One hundred thi...

is a common problem in long-term care. However, in the design of interventions, the emphasis is on safety, and little consideration has been given to the meaning of the behavior for the person who wanders. This paper uses the Need-driven Dementiacompromised Behavior (NDB) model to demonstrate that the expression of wandering is unique to a given person in a particular context or situation. Elem...

This study evaluated the frequency, predictors, and effects of wandering in a population-based sample of 193 individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although wandering occurred in subjects at all levels of cognitive impairment, analysis of variance indicated that for the group as a whole, greater frequency of wandering was associated with significantly more impairment in cognition, day-to-da...

In this article we discuss our approach to the evolution of wandering behavior in a multi agent system (MAS). Our discussion covers the various aspects of the system setup, the performed experiments and the interpretation of the results observed. Utilizing a genetic algorithm (GA) and multi layer perceptrons (ANN) we show how wandering behavior is developed provided a single fitness criterion. ...

Wandering is one of the most common and exhausting behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia for caregivers.1 Also, it has adverse outcomes on patient such as getting lost,2 malnutrition,1 weight loss,3 fatigue, sleep disturbance,4 social isolation,5 earlier institutionalization,6 and injury.7 The term ‘wandering’ is frequently used as a broad term encompassing a diverse set of behavior...

When people engage in mind wandering they drift away from a task toward their inner thoughts and feelings. These thoughts often circle around people's personal futures. One assumed function of mind wandering is that it aids problem solving and planning for the future. We will discuss different forms of mind wandering and their effects on problem solving and behavior change. While solely fantasi...

In a large sample of early adolescents (T2: N 1⁄4 1023; M age 1⁄4 13.51; 55.5% girls), the impact of parental protection and unsupervised wandering on adolescents’ antisocial behavior 2.5 years later was tested in this TRAILS study; gender and parental knowledge were controlled for. In addition, the level of biological maturation and having antisocial friends were included as possible moderator...

In Drosophila melanogaster, during the mid third instar of development larvae cease foraging and commence a period of increased locomotor activity referred to as wandering behavior. In this study, we quantified the wild type larval response to light during the foraging (first, second, and early third instars) and wandering (late third instar) stages of development. Foraging larvae in the first,...

Mind wandering episodes have been construed as periods of "stimulus-independent" thought, where our minds are decoupled from the external sensory environment. In two experiments, we used behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) measures to determine whether mind wandering episodes can also be considered as periods of "response-independent" thought, with our minds disengaged from adjusting o...