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What to do when a loved one with dementia goes missing

Technology can help searchers find missing dementia patients

A tracking device that helps find Alzheimer's and Dementia patients who get lost sits on a table at the Public Safety Complex on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

DEMENTIA — A tracking device that helps find Alzheimer's and Dementia patients who get lost sits on a table at the Public Safety Complex on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

When a person goes missing, seconds count, even more so if the person has dementia.