{"id":15859,"date":"2020-04-27T11:38:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T15:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15859"},"modified":"2020-04-27T11:38:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T15:38:21","slug":"managing-wandering-behaviors-in-individuals-with-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15859","title":{"rendered":"Managing wandering behaviors in individuals with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In United States each year over 125,000 people with Alzheimer\u2019s disease or dementia become critical wanderers.\u00a0 Although wandering is common in individuals with Alzheimer\u2019s disease studies show that those who wander were usually seen during daylight hours by caregivers or family members.\u00a0 Also, wanderers usually go in the direction of their dominant hand, and there is also a tendency to travel in the direction of the sun or light.\u00a0 The attached article gives keys to prevent and\/or manage wandering behaviors. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theadvocate.com\/baton_rouge\/entertainment_life\/health_fitness\/article_542d61ea-799f-11ea-8448-43f91fb78411.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7919\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-1024x663.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In United States each year over 125,000 people with Alzheimer\u2019s disease or dementia become critical wanderers.\u00a0 Although wandering is common<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15860,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15859\/revisions\/15860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}