People with dementia often need to go somewhere. they get bored sometimes, sometimes it's a side effect of medication. It happens that the elderly person is just trying to meet the physical needs such as thirst, hunger, or using the toilet. Every sick person are their reasons for walks. It is very important to find out the causes and control.
- Arrange for an elderly person during exercise like walking under supervision. So it is possible to satisfy the natural need for movement.
- Put where possible castles. Door latch set at a level above the head or close to the floor. People with dementia usually try to discover just what is at face level. Do not forget about the other members of the family - a healthy person has to open a valve in seconds.
- Mask door. Hang on the door curtain or a bright poster. So the door will not be like the door. Sometimes it helps a red "stop" or "do not enter".
- Put on the threshold of jet black mat or paint a porch in black. Black spot can seem insurmountable sick person deep hole.
- Hang on the door handles child protective lining.
- Pick any electronic signaling device, a watch or key chain with the tracker. So you can keep track of a patient.
- Hide necessary for walking your favorite items like coats, glasses or bags, without which the patient usually does not leave the house.
- On street clothes, you can attach a prominent label with the address or the phone. A sick person can wear a bracelet with the same information.
- Always have on hand fresh photos of the sick person to show them, if he lost.
- Warn the neighbors that an older man sometimes leaves the house. Leave them a telephone number.
