How to Find Someone with Dementia

 

If someone with dementia goes missing, start a search immediately within a 1.5-mile radius, check nearby landscapes, and inform local authorities if the person isn't found within 15 minutes, emphasizing the dementia diagnosis. 

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1. Immediate Action:

• Start the search immediately: Don't delay; many people with dementia who wander are found within a short distance of where they disappeared. 
• Stay calm: Try to remain calm and focus on finding the person safely. 
• Search the immediate area: Begin by looking in the surrounding vicinity, as many individuals who wander are found within 1.5 miles of where they disappeared. 
• Check local landscapes: Look at ponds, tree lines, or fence lines, as people with dementia are sometimes found in brush or brier.
• Consider past wandering patterns: If applicable, search areas the person has wandered to in the past.
•  Check for witnesses: Return to where the person went missing and look for witnesses who might have seen them. 
• Check security cameras: Contact nearby businesses, banks, and gas stations to see if they have security cameras that might have caught the direction the missing person went. 2. Involve Authorities:

• Call 911 (or your local emergency number) after 15 minutes:

  If you can't find the person within 15 minutes, file a missing person's report with the police.
• Inform authorities about the dementia:

  Make sure the police are aware that the missing person has dementia, as this can help them in their search.
• Provide a recent photograph:

  Keep a recent photograph of the person to help the police identify them.
• Consider the Herbert Protocol:

  This is a national scheme that encourages carers to complete a form of useful information that can be emailed or handed to the police if a vulnerable person goes missing. 
  

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