The Dangers Of Wandering For Dementia Patients

When people have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, they are at risk for wandering. What that really means is they get lost. For an elderly person, that can sometimes lead to death. In Washington in the last five years, at least 10 people with some form of dementia have died after getting lost.

Jason Alcorn from Investigate West has been looking into the problem in collaboration with KUOW and KCTS 9 and he tells Ross Reynolds what he’s found.