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Opinion

The Concept of Missing Incidents in Persons with Dementia

by
Meredeth Rowe
1,*,
Amy Houston
2,
Victor Molinari
3,
Tatjana Bulat
4,
Mary Elizabeth Bowen
5,
Heather Spring
1,
Sandra Mutolo
4 and
Barbara McKenzie
4
1
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612, USA
2
Department of Psychology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 45206, USA
3
School of Aging Studies, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612-3899, USA
4
VISN 8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, 8900 Grand Oak Circle, Tampa, FL 33637, USA
5
Department of Health, 315 Sturzebecker Health Sciences Center, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA 19383, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Healthcare 2015, 3(4), 1121-1132; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3041121
Submission received: 26 June 2015 / Revised: 16 October 2015 / Accepted: 16 October 2015 / Published: 10 November 2015
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nursing Care of the Older Adult)
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Abstract

Behavioral symptoms of dementia often present the greatest challenge for informal caregivers. One behavior, that is a constant concern for caregivers, is the person with dementia leaving a designated area such that their whereabouts become unknown to the caregiver or a missing incident. Based on an extensive literature review and published findings of their own research, members of the International Consortium on Wandering and Missing Incidents constructed a preliminary missing incidents model. Examining the evidence base, specific factors within each category of the model were further described, reviewed and modified until consensus was reached regarding the final model. The model begins to explain in particular the variety of antecedents that are related to missing incidents. The model presented in this paper is designed to be heuristic and may be used to stimulate discussion and the development of effective preventative and response strategies for missing incidents among persons with dementia.
Keywords: dementia; missing; wandering; lost; behavioral symptoms of dementia dementia; missing; wandering; lost; behavioral symptoms of dementia

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Rowe, M.; Houston, A.; Molinari, V.; Bulat, T.; Bowen, M.E.; Spring, H.; Mutolo, S.; McKenzie, B. The Concept of Missing Incidents in Persons with Dementia. Healthcare 2015, 3, 1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3041121

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Rowe M, Houston A, Molinari V, Bulat T, Bowen ME, Spring H, Mutolo S, McKenzie B. The Concept of Missing Incidents in Persons with Dementia. Healthcare. 2015; 3(4):1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3041121

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Rowe, Meredeth, Amy Houston, Victor Molinari, Tatjana Bulat, Mary Elizabeth Bowen, Heather Spring, Sandra Mutolo, and Barbara McKenzie. 2015. "The Concept of Missing Incidents in Persons with Dementia" Healthcare 3, no. 4: 1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3041121

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Rowe, M., Houston, A., Molinari, V., Bulat, T., Bowen, M. E., Spring, H., Mutolo, S., & McKenzie, B. (2015). The Concept of Missing Incidents in Persons with Dementia. Healthcare, 3(4), 1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3041121

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