Resident Wandering and Elopement: Fact, Prevention and Protocols

  

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Thursday, May 18, 2006

Dewitt Nursing Home

Keith Servis, Robert Figlerski, Joseph Moore and Neil Murray

9:00a.m.- 4:30p.m.

 

 

 

Tuesday June 6, 2006

Loretto Geriatric Center

Syracuse, NY

Keith Servis, Neil Murray, Joseph Moore, Robert Figlerski

 

 

 

Friday June 23, 2006

Weinburg Campus

Getzville, NY

Kathleen Cantaben, Joseph Moore,  Neil Murray,  Robert Figlerski

 

 

 

OBJECTIVES:
Attendees will learn:

*What facilities need to do in order to prevent dangerous wandering or elopement

 

* What the New York State Department of Health requires of long term care facilities

 

*The extent of the problem

 

* Psychological risks and causes of wandering and  elopement

 

*Establishing criteria for who is at risk

 

*Creating an assessment tool for residents

 

*Developing Policies and Procedures

 

*Environmental Protections

 

*Legal Liability



 



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