Like J.R.R. Tolkien’s quote, “Not all who wander are lost”, we all from time to time like to “go for a wander” or “walk about” within our communities.
2019 Paper Guideline
New Interactive Tool
The prevalence of lost persons living with dementia is increasing. However, few resources exist to provide proactive strategies that mitigate the risks associated with getting lost. Existing resources are difficult to find, portray wandering negatively, and tend to limit the autonomy and independence of persons living with dementia. Wandering is often thought of as something that is “aimless”. We might think that only people in the later stage of their dementia journey wander. However, wandering can mean much more than that.
In collaboration with researchers from Health Sciences, we developed a web-based interactive tool for knowledge mobilization of the paper-based version of the Canadian Guideline for Safe Wandering for use by persons living with dementia and their care partners.
