Carmen walking with Maverick, who is being trained to find dementia patients who wander off. — TNS
Holidays are a time for families and friends to gather, but for older people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, it can cause so much stress and confusion that they could be in danger of what experts calls wandering.
“I would say around the holiday time is the biggest challenge for people with dementia,” said Kim Franklin, programmes and services senior manager at the Georgia chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association in the United States.
