When grandpa can’t find his way home
Dementia Singapore said the risk of going missing increases based on the severity of the person’s condition. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
Not all of the elderly who go missing have dementia, but it can be reasonably deduced that the condition is a significant contributing factor, said doctors whom The Straits Times spoke to.
Dementia Singapore, a social service agency for dementia, said the risk of going missing increases based on the severity of the person’s condition.
Its spokesman said: “For someone with mild or early-stage dementia, they may be still able to recognise places. So they may get confused sometimes, but not entirely lost.”
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