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Now, if you have a loved one with dementia,

then this episode may be far too familiar to you.

We're gonna be discussing how to prevent your loved one

from getting lost.

This is a very real fear for many families

who have loved ones with dementia. And it could be that your loved one wanders and when you're not looking,

maybe they go out the front door and start wandering down the street.

Or maybe they wander more at night and it's hard to rest knowing that they may leave the house at some point during the night.

In fact, it's a very common problem for families with loved ones with dementia.

In fact, three out of five people with dementia wander, that's an estimated three million people

per year. And luckily, most of those who wander don't get very far and their situation is never

reported to the police or to the authorities. But not every situation is that fortunate.

When a loved one's wandering does become more severe and families do need to contact authorities for assistance, the statistics are very dire.

Now, if a loved one wanders and they are found within 12 hours, 93% will survive, but

unfortunately, 7% will not.

The longer that they are missing or lost, the greater the chances are that they won't survive.

We have friends who live next door to a senior living complex, and this senior living complex is not a memory care facility

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