1. Adults Missing from Care: A National Partnership Agreement
Lothian and Scottish Borders - J Division
Superintendent James Royan and Constable Cameron Tait
3rd International Conference on Missing Children and Adults

2. Background

3. Partnership Protocol - Development

4. Pilot Divisions: J Division: The Lothian and Scottish Borders
L Division:
Argyll and West Dunbartonshire
G Division: Greater Glasgow

5. Evaluation Report – Process and Methodology
DID PILOT CONFIRM IS THERE A PROBLEM?
(Is it necessary?)
DOES IT MEET THE STRATEGIC AIMS OF POLICE SCOTLAND
(Can we qualify / justify work to include / sufficient resources?)
DO THE TACTICS WORK?
(Are they correct tactics? What effect has the Care Home Plan had in the ‘real world’ – practitioner examples and consultation / evidence base / data sets).

6. Table 1 – Total Number of Dementia Missing Person Reports
Provenance: STORM Command and Control
40,000 reports of missing person received by Police Scotland every year
Dementia related calls account for approximately 2% - 3% of all missing person incidents
Consistent across United Kingdom (West Midlands)
Substantially more incidents relating to diagnosis in community

7. Table 2 – Total Number of Care Homes and CHP’s
Provenance: Divisional Missing Person Operational Coordinators
16,925 care home residents with dementia diagnosis (nationally)
73% of missing person reports from care homes individual has no CHP
Number of CHP’s is very low

8. Case Studies: G Division – Greater Glasgow J Division –
The Lothian and Scottish Borders
L Division –
Argyll and West Dunbartonshire

9. Progression
SIPR - Practitioner Fellowship – Implementation of recommendations / Addressing diagnosed in the community
NHS – Technology Enabled Care - (GPS functionality) - Partnership steering group
Alzheimer’s Scotland – Purple Alert App (sharing alerts to help trace missing persons) – potential for Care Home Protocol to be inclusion