Dementia Patient Drowned During Night Swim – Caregiver Jumped Into the Water

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An elderly man with dementia drowned while swimming in the sea in the middle of the night after leaving his care home in Lysekil. – I have worked in dementia care myself, so I understand the problem. You don't have the right to lock or stop, but you can try to encourage and persuade. That's exactly what the staff did, says the chairman of the social welfare committee, Ricard Söderberg (S).