Wandering Resources

Alzheimer’s disease causes people to lose their ability to recognize familiar places and faces. It’s common for a person living with dementia to wander or become lost or confused about their location, and it can happen at any stage of the disease.

Our nationwide emergency response service facilitates the safe return of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia who wander or have a medical emergency. The Alzheimer’s Association, in collaboration with MedicAlert® Foundation, provides membership

Individuals living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias are at increased risk for injury or harm in certain areas of the home. As the disease progresses, they may become unaware of the dangers that exist. Consider taking the following precautions to create a safe environment,

Dementia can cause disorientation. This can lead to wandering. Find out how to curb wandering in people with dementia and, if they become lost, ensure a safe return. Wandering and becoming lost is common among people with Alzheimer’s disease or other disorders causing dementia.

Are you the caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia? Do they have the tendency to want to wander away? Wandering is a common behavior in patients with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.

First Responder Training: First responders can learn how to enhance the effectiveness of their encounters with affected individuals. Designed for law enforcement officers, paramedics, firefighters, disaster relief personnel, neighborhood watch groups, and other first responders.

We’ll see more senior citizen wanderers in cities, parks, suburbs, and wilderness. Search and rescue teams do their best to mitigate the often-devastating effects of wandering, but they can’t prevent the incidents.

The IA² team has been working with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (PLPT) and Carla Eben on a dementia wandering project for tribal communities (read more here)