Strategies to Locate Lost Persons with Dementia: A Case Study of Ontario First Responders

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Region in Ontario</td><td class="align_center">Police officer type</td><td class="align_center">Years of experience (years ± SD)</td><td class="align_center">Age (years ± SD)</td><td class="align_center">Gender</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">North (3); South West (4); South Central (5); Central (8); East (4); Toronto (2); Provincial (1)</td><td class="align_center">SAR (17); media (10)</td><td class="align_center">15 ± 7</td><td class="align_center">45 ± 8</td><td class="align_center">Male (21); female (6)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div><i>Note.</i> SAR refers to police search and rescue, and media refers to police media. Each checkmark represents one participant.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Participant characteristics (<i>n</i> = 27).</div>

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Table 1: Strategies to Locate Lost Persons with Dementia: A Case Study of Ontario First Responders 