Steps to keep dementia sufferers safe

Dear Resident,

We’re continuing to highlight our new yellow wristbands and online form, which will help officers in the event a loved one living with dementia goes missing in Cambridgeshire.

Officers and staff in our Prevention and Vulnerability Hubs have been attending community events, GP surgeries, hospitals and working with partners to spread the word – like at Grove Medical Centre’s open day in St Ives recently.

Our new yellow wristbands, like a watch in appearance, will contain the person’s next of kin’s contact details and number. If you see someone looking confused or disorientated but wearing one of these wristbands, you can use your phone to easily bring up the information and reunite the person with their family (often without the need to call police).

At our latest community event, we managed to issue a wristband to a person living with dementia and help set it up with their chosen carer’s details.

Our new Herbert Protocol form can also be filled out online - which encourages family and friends to collate key info such as a physical description, familiar places, health details and a recent photo of a loved one with dementia that will help officers if they go missing.

More than 135 people have already done the same. To register your interest for one of the new wristbands, watch a quick video on how to scan them or fill out our new Herbert Protocol form for a loved one, visit the dedicated page on our website.

Kind regards,