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Dementia NI hosted an awareness roadshow in Newry last week for the Herbert Protocol, continuing efforts to promote the initiative across the region.
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The Herbert Protocol is a scheme developed in partnership with the PSNI, which was campaigned for by Dementia NI members, all of whom have a dementia diagnosis themselves. It involves gathering key information about a person living with dementia in advance, so that it can be passed to police quickly if that person goes missing.
Protocol and his lived experience of dementia.
Research has shown that around 70% of people living with dementia may go missing at least once, with many at risk of doing so on multiple occasions. The protocol takes the form of a document containing details about the individual, including any medication they take, as well as personal history such as where they grew up or went to school, as people with dementia can be drawn back to locations held in their long-term memory.
The scheme is intended to give people living with dementia, and their families, greater peace of mind, allowing them to go out and about knowing that the information held on the form will help police locate them more quickly should they become lost.
Further information on the Herbert Protocol is available at www.dementiani.org
