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Consider the case of the wanderer.
Consider the case of the wanderer. By understanding his/her life history we may find that personal expression through movement was a common lifestyle attribute of the person. However, institutional life and even home care may define pacing and puttering, fidgeting and fingering as atypical and problematic. In observing perhaps a hundred wanderers in the past fifteen years, I have come to respect some as problem solvers. The motion serves as a coping mechanism. What makes wandering difficult is the risk of a person out of control...
ex L. G. Hiatt, “Environmental Design and Mentally Impaired Older People,” in Harvey J. Altman, ed., Alzheimer’s Disease: Problems, Prospects, and Perspectives (2012) : 309-320 (311)
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L. G. Hiatt, environmental gerontologist
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