Mangini Leah, Wick Jeannette Y
Consult Pharm. 2017 Jun 1;32(6):324-331. doi: 10.4140/TCP.n.2017.324.
Wandering away from home or facilities is dangerous for patients with dementia and stressful for families and caregivers when those who go missing cannot be located. Up to 60% of Alzheimer's disease patients wander, and up to 50% of those who are not found within 24 hours face serious injury or death. Currently, no effective drug therapies exist to abate wandering, which has multiple causes, but emerging technologies offer a promise of comfort in being able to easily locate a missing loved one. As of 2012, 41 states had enacted Silver Alert programs that broadcast information about missing, vulnerable adults. Numerous technologies, such as wearable global positioning system trackers and temporary barcodes worn on fingernails, exist to ease the fears of families and caregivers, locate residents, and hasten their return. While these strategies offer promise, issues of expense, effectiveness, privacy, and ethics remain.
对于患有痴呆症的患者来说，离家或离开设施四处游荡是很危险的，而当失踪者无法找到时，这也会给家人和护理人员带来压力。高达60%的阿尔茨海默病患者会四处游荡，其中在24小时内未被找到的患者中，高达50%会面临严重伤害或死亡。目前，尚无有效的药物疗法来减轻游荡行为，游荡行为有多种成因，但新兴技术有望带来便利，使人们能够轻松找到失踪的亲人。截至2012年，41个州已制定银色警报计划，广播有关失踪弱势成年人的信息。有许多技术，如可穿戴全球定位系统追踪器和戴在指甲上的临时条形码，可缓解家人和护理人员的担忧，找到居民并促使他们归来。虽然这些策略带来了希望，但费用、有效性、隐私和伦理等问题仍然存在。
