I am the secretary of Hampshire Search and Rescue. We are a registered charity and were set up specifically to assist Hampshire Police to search for vulnerable missing persons. We also can be called upon to help other similar units from other areas anywhere in Britain.
As you can appreciate, quite a few of our calls are to search for Alzheimers sufferers who have become confused and wandered. The reason for my posting is that, as part of our continuous training, I am trying to arrange for a speaker to give us a short talk on typical behaviour exhibited by sufferers. Hopefully we will be able to use this information to better "predict" where they may be found, which is vital to reduce the time taken to find the missing person. It would also be useful in knowing how best to speak to the person etc. as some of our members will have had no experience of Alzheimers.
If anyone could point me in the direction of someone who could help us I would be very grateful.
As you can appreciate, quite a few of our calls are to search for Alzheimers sufferers who have become confused and wandered. The reason for my posting is that, as part of our continuous training, I am trying to arrange for a speaker to give us a short talk on typical behaviour exhibited by sufferers. Hopefully we will be able to use this information to better "predict" where they may be found, which is vital to reduce the time taken to find the missing person. It would also be useful in knowing how best to speak to the person etc. as some of our members will have had no experience of Alzheimers.
If anyone could point me in the direction of someone who could help us I would be very grateful.