How does the platform run an elopement drill and a missing-resident workflow that holds up in a survey or a lawsuit?
A resident with cognitive impairment is unaccounted for. Staff start searching, the family is notified, the police are called — and nobody is taking notes. The timeline that emerges later is incomplete, and if the outcome is bad the operator has nothing defensible.
Detail
Quarterly elopement drills run as a scripted workflow per shift, with the at-risk resident list pre-loaded and the response measured against the policy clock. A real event opens the same workflow: time of last sighting, response actions taken with timestamps and named staff, notifications (family, physician, police, state), search areas covered, and resolution. Door-access and wander-management events attach to the record.
Drill compliance becomes auditable. A real event produces a defensible timeline. State investigations after an event are answered in hours, not weeks.
Key points
- Wander-management vendors (Accutech, Stanley)
- Door-access systems
- Local law enforcement
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