Derry communities unite to protect our most vulnerable

Ashleigh Davis, Empowerment Lead, Dementia NI; Constable Sharon Cooper, Dementia NI Member Martin Murtagh, Chief Inspector Cherith Craig, and Diane Wilson, Dementia NI Empowerment Facilitator.

placeholder image — Ashleigh Davis, Empowerment Lead, Dementia NI; Constable Sharon Cooper, Dementia NI Member Martin Murtagh, Chief Inspector Cherith Craig, and Diane Wilson, Dementia NI Empowerment Facilitator.

A partnership between the PSNI and local campaigners brings the "Safe and Found" initiative to the region

Dementia NI continued its Northern Ireland-wide awareness raising roadshow for the Herbert Protocol at an event in Derry recently.

The Herbert Protocol is an initiative whereby key information relating to a person living with dementia is provided to the police should they go missing

Dementia NI Members – all of whom have a dementia diagnosis – campaigned to bring the Herbert Protocol to Northern Ireland, in partnership with the PSNI, helping provide peace of mind for people with dementia and their relatives.

Research has shown that around 70% of people living with dementia may go missing at least once, with many at risk of going missing multiple times.

The Herbert Protocol is a form that contains pertinent information around an individual, including any medication but also where they might have grown up or gone to school previously as they could be drawn to these locations from their long-term memory.

The Herbert Protocol enables people with dementia to go out and about in the knowledge that this form will help police find them more quickly should they become lost. For more information, visit www.dementiani.org/what-we-do/.