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Alzheimerâs caregivers need to guard against wandering in the wintertime Alzheimer s Association
TOLEDO Wandering is one of the most unsettling behavioral changes common for someone with Alzheimer’s disease.
Yet it surprises far too many family caregivers and can end with tragic results.
Six
in 10 people with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease will wander. A person
with Alzheimer s may not remember his or her name or address, and can
become disoriented, even in familiar places.
As freezing
temperatures and increased darkness settles in, those winter weather
conditions add additional stress for more than 16 million people caring
for a loved one living with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Because people in