Wandering due to Dementia

Living with Dementia: Ensuring a Safe Return for Wanderers
Wandering is one of the scariest symptoms of Alzheimer’s/ dementia; unfortunately it’s fairly common. Luckily, there are several things you can do to ensure your loved one is returned safely should they wander away and perhaps prevent wandering in the first place. Medical alert bracelets are a good idea for someone with dementia. Medical alert bracelets and necklaces can be picked up at any drugstore and can be engraved with your loved one’s name and any other information you want on it, such as a phone number or address. It is a good idea to register your loved one with the Alzheimer’s Association’s Safe Return Program. Some families I have known put locks on the doors above the line of vision; usually this prevents the person from being able to realize the door has been locked - "out of sight, out of mind", as they say. There are also alarms for the doors that will signal that the door has been opened and alarms that will activate if the person leaves a designated area (often these types of alarms can be found in stores & catalogs devoted to children's products).

I gathered the above information from a helpful website entitled "HealthTalk". A link to the page featuring dementia follows:
http://us.f553.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?box=Inbox&MsgId=297_59215986_20233582_1874_5291_0_1459897_18525_1049412459&Idx=4&Search=&PRINT=1&ShowImages=&YY=76268&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b