The Dementia Journey · A free resource from Caring Companions

Family Dementia Safety & Emergency Plan

Print two copies: one by the coat closet, one for the person who'd get the phone call. Sections fill in automatically from your care plan and keepsake if you built them in the course on this device; blanks print for filling in by hand.

The rules that don't wait

Missing and possibly in danger: call 911 immediately and say "missing adult with dementia." There is no waiting period. · Sudden confusion or sleepiness: call the provider today: "this is a sudden change from their normal." · Stroke signs, unresponsiveness, trouble breathing, serious fall: 911.

Emergency information

Their name

Address · date of birth

Medical contacts (doctor, pharmacy, specialists)

Emergency information (allergies, meds location, key-holder, directive location)

People to call

What comforts them

Known triggers · please avoid

Wandering ready-sheet

Tape or print a CURRENT photo here (update it twice a year)

Description (height, build, hair, glasses, usual clothing)

Likely destinations (old workplace, church, childhood home, "the fence line")

Patterns (time of day, what sets it off)

Neighbors & nearby helpers who know (name + phone)

ID they wear (bracelet? pendant?)

Hospital go-bag checklist · packed by the coat closet

"This Is Who I Am" page (Module 6, it makes strangers gentle)
Medication list, diagnoses, allergies (dated) Insurance copies + photo ID
Advance directive copy + decision-maker's phone Baseline note ("their normal," 3 sentences)
Hearing aids / glasses / dentures cases Phone charger
Comfort object + small photo album Routines & triggers card (from the care plan)