KEEP PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA SAFE & FOUND
Do you care for someone with Dementia and worry they may go missing? If you do, the Herbert Protocol is here to help you find your loved ones, friends and neighbours if they go missing.
The Herbert Protocol* is a national scheme adopted by police services across the country. It encourages staff, families, friends and carers to compile useful information which could be used in the event of a vulnerable person going missing from either care homes or their own homes.
The basis of the scheme is for vital information about the person such as medication, description, photograph, significant places in the person’s life and their daily routine, to be recorded on a form.
Keeping a completed form means you don’t have to try to remember the information when you are under stress if someone goes missing, and it saves time,
The completed form should be stored safely – either in electronic format on a computer, or a printed version. It may need to be located quickly, at any time of day or night, by the person who needs the information to begin the initial searches.
Downloads:
General information: The Herbert Protocol Flyer (.pdf Durham Police version)
The Form: Herbert Protocol Form (.pdf)
*The Herbert Protocol initiative is named after George Herbert, a War veteran of the Normandy landings, who lived with dementia.