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Dementia-and-walking-COVID-review

Cheston, Richard; Huntley, Alyson; Corse, Dawn; Munafo, Jessica

Authors

Alyson Huntley

Dawn Corse

Jessica Munafo



Abstract

The British Geriatric Society (BGS) gives clear guidance during the COVID 19 crisis on the approach of care home staff for residents with dementia who ‘walk with purpose or intent’. This guidance focuses on isolation of suspected cases and behavioural approach to ameliorating potential unsafe activities of residents. Further guidance by Twaites & Marshall and by the British Psychological Society’s Faculty of the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) describes in more detail primary preventative and secondary reactive behavioural approaches that can be used to care for residents during the COVID 19 outbreak. These
documents have been developed using expert opinion and experience supported by a broad perspective of the evidence in this field and are consistent with the person-centred approach to dementia care.

Citation

Cheston, R., Huntley, A., Corse, D., & Munafo, J. (2020). Dementia-and-walking-COVID-review. NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West

Report Type Other
Acceptance Date Apr 22, 2020
Online Publication Date Apr 23, 2020
Publication Date Apr 23, 2020
Deposit Date Apr 23, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Pages 19
Keywords Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Wandering, Behaviour, Psychology
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5919470