All those who wander are not lost: Walking with purpose in Extra Care, Retirement and Domestic Housing
- Type of resource: Other
- Keywords: management, walking with purpose, wandering, extra care housing, retirement housing, domestic housing, risks, perceptions, impacts, responses
- Languages: English
- Country: United Kingdom
- Region: European Region (EUR)
- Publication year: 2019
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Report of a mixed methods study, funded by Housing 21 (provider of housing and care for older people) that explored walking with purpose in extra care and retirement housing settings in order to better understand and support residents living with dementia in such settings and to develop good practice guidelines.
The principle aim of this study was to explore and understand walking with purpose among people living with dementia in extra care, retirement and domestic housing settings, along with the perceptions and responses of staff and family carers, in order to develop good practice guidelines.
Specifically the study objectives were to explore:
• Existing evidence relating to walking with purpose among people living with dementia.
• The prevalence, awareness, perceptions, understanding, responses, policies and procedures and support with respect to walking with purpose in extra care and retirement housing settings.
• In more depth the causes, implications, impact and outcomes of walking with purpose for the lives of individual residents living with dementia in Housing 21 extra care and retirement housing schemes.
• The impact, challenges, responses and outcomes in relation to walking with purpose among people living with dementia in domestic (mainstream) housing.
Specifically the study objectives were to explore:
• Existing evidence relating to walking with purpose among people living with dementia.
• The prevalence, awareness, perceptions, understanding, responses, policies and procedures and support with respect to walking with purpose in extra care and retirement housing settings.
• In more depth the causes, implications, impact and outcomes of walking with purpose for the lives of individual residents living with dementia in Housing 21 extra care and retirement housing schemes.
• The impact, challenges, responses and outcomes in relation to walking with purpose among people living with dementia in domestic (mainstream) housing.
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