ADobbs1989
Regular Member
I would place the burden on the "facility", that granny or gramps is dumped in to by their snot nosed kids, to have a modicum of awareness that a door was opened and that someone may have walked out of the joint. There is, in my house, three times a beep when any door is opened. Hear it in my bedroom, wakes me up it does.
YMMV
What about all the people who are trying to take care of their parents/grandparents at home who have a tendency to get out of the house? In a home environment it's impossible to keep watch 100% of the time. Are you saying that dementia patients should HAVE to be put into a "facility" to allow them to keep careful watch?
There IS NO GOOD "treatment" plan for dementia patients. And every option in one way or another is going to be of negative impact on the patients "rights". Either you put them in a facility where they are generally mistreated (basically a dog pound for old people) or you come up with ways to keep them contained within your home. I guess unless you take the stance that we should just ignore them and let then wander the streets until they die. Great plan.
If all these people are escaping from facilities then they need to be evaluated to see what the problem is, but I would figure that the majority of dementia patients escaping are those who wander off from a private residence that doesn't have security doors and alarms and guards and employees.