a. & n. from Wander, v.
Crusin the other campsites for jams, etc.
The ability of a nursing home resident to move about within the nursing home aimlessly and/or without a rational purpose or appreciation of personal safety needs. Compare with Elopement.
travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
(of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"
of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"
Common behavior that causes people with dementia to stray and become lost in familiar surroundings.
