Why Consistent Routines Matter for Wandering Prevention?
For a person living with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, familiar routines can make daily life easier to understand. Changes in the usual schedule may sometimes cause confusion, worry, or restlessness. This can be especially difficult when a person starts walking around without a clear purpose or tries to leave the home. Keeping a regular daily routine can help reduce some of the situations that may lead to wandering. Wandering does not always happen for the same reason. A person may be looking for someone, trying to return to a familiar place, searching for a bathroom, or simply following an old habit. In other cases, boredom, anxiety, discomfort, or confusion about the time of
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