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REDUCING WANDERING BY PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA USING DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT
Author(s) -
Heard Katherine,
Watson T. Steuart
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1999.32-381
Subject(s) - dementia , differential reinforcement , psychology , reinforcement , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , disease , pathology
Wandering behavior of 4 geriatric patients with dementia residing in a long‐term care facility was assessed using direct behavioral observations. The consequences identified during the observations as maintaining wandering for each patient were then applied for the absence of wandering using differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO). The effectiveness of the DRO procedure was evaluated using an ABAB design. Results indicated significant reductions in wandering during treatment.