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If someone needs immediate help with dementia wandering, use emergency mode.
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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — A person with dementia left home or facility and is missing — may be disoriented.
The essentials if you need to act right now.
Call 112 now. Search water edges first. Photo and clothes. Tell others.
What might I see? Observable signs — no diagnosis required.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Door open, slippers gone, not returned from walk, facility alarm.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Previous elopement history — act fast not wait.
Optional deeper explanation — not required to act.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Wanderers often drawn straight to water — search priority rule.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Night temperature drop and traffic peak risk.
Check the scene before you approach.
Civilian-safe actions you can take.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 — dementia, name, photo ready, last seen time.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Notify neighbors with description — two-minute radius.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Car search low speed roads — walkers stay off highways often.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Register with local missing vulnerable adult systems if exist.
When and how to get professional help.
Missing dementia patient is emergency — search and rescue protocol.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Organize community search with police — systematic not random driving.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. "Missing dementia patient, age, clothing, medical needs."
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Update dispatch when found or camera sighting.
Dangerous actions, when not to attempt rescue, and common myths.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT wait 24 hours to report — myth from TV.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT assume they will remember home address.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Wait a few hours — they always come back on their own
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Mortality rises after 24 hours missing — report immediately and search water first.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Fatal drowning while family waits.
Other scenarios in the same family.
Elderly fall
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — An older adult fell at home or outside and may be injured.
Elderly overdose
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — An older person took extra doses, wrong pills, or mixed alcohol with medicines.
Sudden confusion elderly
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — An older person is suddenly confused, agitated, or not recognizing family — not their normal baseline.
Hip fracture elderly
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Older adult fell and has severe hip or groin pain, leg shortened or rotated.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Hospital if found injured, dehydrated, or hypothermic.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Project Lifesaver or GPS shoe plans for recurrence prevention.