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HERBERT

PROTOCOL

An explanation from eCops

The Man with the Shopping Bag

An elderly man walked into a care home next of kin’s contact details and number.
in Huntingdon recently, but all wasn’t as If you see someone looking confused or
it first seemed. He was let in by reception disorientated but wearing one of these
at just before 2:30pm one Friday when wristbands, you can use your phone
they thought he was a visitor. to easily bring up the information and
However, care staff got talking to him and reunite the person with their family –
quickly realised he appeared confused, potentially without the need to call us.
couldn’t answer any questions and only There are more than 10,000
seemed to know his own name. He told
staff he had been walking for a ‘long, long people living in our county with
time’ and was holding a shopping bag dementia.
with a coat, a plate, some cutlery and a There are more than 10,000 people living
newspaper inside. in our county with dementia.
Thank you to the care home workers To register your interest for one of the
who realised something wasn’t right and new wristbands, or fill out our new
called us. Herbert Protocol form for a loved one.
Within minutes, thanks to our new Readers of the digital magazine can click
Herbert Protocol form, we traced the here:
man from the name he had given and HERBERT PROTOCOL FORM
found his next of kin’s details. We then
made arrangements for the man to be Readers of the print
taken home and reunited with the family magazine can scan
member. this QR code or enter
This is a great example of how our new the url below into your
Herbert Protocol online form is making browser.
a real difference to the most vulnerable https://shorturl.at/2fyys
members of our community; it’s fantastic
and heartwarming for us to see.
We’re issuing hundreds of new yellow
wristbands, like a watch in appearance,
to people living with dementia in
Cambridgeshire.
The wristbands contain the person’s

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