Alzheimer Patient Safety

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Wandering is a Dangerous Problem for People with Dementia

     Here’s an attention getter about the wandering of people who have Alzheimer’s disease: “Texas Silver Alert (a missing persons system for dementia patients) , which has strict criteria for who qualities for listing, issued 157 alerts since its Sept. 1, 2007 start – almost seven times the number issued by the Amber Alert program for abducted and endangered children. Texas Department of Public Safety Spokeswoman Tela Mange said 144 missing elderly people were found alive; 11 were...

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