The Alzheimer's Bus Stop

When an Alzheimer's patient tells yous they desire to become home, or they desire to motility somewhere, I am telling yous now, if they are capable of wandering they are going to become for it.

By Bob DeMarco

Sixty pct (60) of persons suffering from Alzheimer's affliction wander.

H5N1 large fraction of these wanderers desire to acquire home. Home, however, is an elusive target.

Home could live on where they lived every bit a child, or a identify they lived during their life that brings dorsum fond memories. Or, just dorsum to their house.

Can an Alzheimer's Patient Wander together with Die?

When a soul living alongside dementia starts telling yous they desire to become home, or they desire to motility somewhere, I am telling yous now, if they are capable of wandering they are going to become for it.

If they can't sweat they volition become for the bus. Let's facial expression upward it, acquire on the autobus together with yous tin become wherever yous want.

Sound crazy?

How virtually 78 twelvemonth erstwhile Roger Mattoon who lived inwards Denver, Colorado. Roger walked downward the street to the local bus. Took the autobus to the Greyhound station.

They constitute him wandering around aimlessly inwards San Diego, California 3 days later.

Yes Roger suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Roger was discovered after he savage down, injured his head, together with was rushed to the Hospital via ambulance.

Fortunately, he had his Veterans Affairs identification bill of fare inwards his bag together with had been reported every bit missing.

What virtually Dorothy?

For years Dorothy said over together with over, let's motility dorsum to due south Philadelphia. It didn't thing that Dorothy final lived inwards due south Philly inwards the 1940s. Or, that she had lived inwards Delray Beach longer therefore she lived inwards due south Philly.

There is no dubiousness that if Dotty knew how to cause got the local populace shipping she would cause got been long gone i day. The skillful news, I would cause got been waiting for her at the autobus station inwards Philadelphia if I had non constitute a agency to acquire her off the autobus sooner.

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Persons living alongside dementia become missing all the time. Even from nursing homes together with hospitals.

This purpose to sweat me crazy.

However, over fourth dimension I learned that Alzheimer's patients but become poof. They disappear sometimes similar a ghost. It is amazing when yous mean value about.

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Now for the flash of genius. Bunkhouse Logic.

H5N1 staff fellow member at a dementia nursing dwelling made a uncomplicated observation -- when Alzheimer's patients escape, wander, they caput straight for populace transportation.

His vivid idea?

Why nighttime develop a faux autobus halt correct exterior the nursing dwelling facility. Sounds crazy, huh?

Well it works. Patients wander out to the autobus stop, acquire lulled past times the wait, forget why they are there, together with snap dorsum to the present. More or less.

Now I am going to mail yous over to RadioLab where yous tin brain to this wonderful story. Don't acquire impatient. Take the fourth dimension to brain together with enjoy. You mightiness require some Kleenex.