This study investigated the effects of an intervention designed to reduce the wandering of an 80 year old female resident of a long term care facility. A behavioral analysis of natural contingencies which maintained behaviors incompatible with wandering was conducted and the data from this analysis used to develop an intervention. The intervention simulated a dining room table and coffee break which naturally maintained sitting. An ABAC design revealed that this intervention was functionally related to a reduction in the proportion of a twenty minute interval spent wandering. The discussion focuses on possible causes of wandering and future directions for establishing a behavioral technology to control wandering.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/183189 |
| Date | January 1986 |
| Creators | Holmes, Thomas R. |
| Contributors | Meunier, Gary F. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | ii, 27 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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