Emma's Dementia-Stricken Mother Disappeared From Home Several Times a Day: "Worrying"

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The police respond to approximately 2,400 calls each year about people with dementia who have disappeared, and the number of missing people is believed to be large, up to 10,000. At the same time, the number of people with dementia in Sweden could double by 2050. “If we don’t find a way to deal with this, we will have approximately 20,000 people who disappear every year,” says police officer and researcher Mikael Larsson. Emma Wibacke’s mother, …