Keeping people with dementia safe
According to Alzheimer’s Research UK, every day in this country, 600 people develop dementia.
Sometimes people with dementia wander off, often into the garden, but sometimes they get lost and unintentionally go missing.
When someone is reported missing to the police, we need to ask lots of questions about the person and will ask for a recent photograph.
The Herbert Protocol has been designed to speed up the process of collecting this information, keeping it in one place that is then available to pass quickly to the police if it’s needed.
Keeping a completed form means you don’t have to try to remember the information when you are under stress if someone goes missing. And it saves time, so we can start the search sooner.
The form includes things such as the person’s interests, places they like to visit and their daily routine.
The form should be stored in a safe location and only passed to the police if the person goes missing.
Why not spend some time this weekend completing a form, or updating your existing form and photograph?
Herbert Protocol form (northyorkshire.police.uk)
Andy Hugill
(North Yorkshire Police, Digital PCSO, North Yorkshire)