Exit-seeking changes the calculation more than almost any other symptom, because it converts a supervision problem into a safety one.
Short answer
When staying home stops being viable, and what secured care actually requires in Texas.
What to do, in order
- Recognise what has changed. Exit-seeking converts a supervision problem into a safety one. It is the symptom that most often ends the possibility of staying home, and it rarely improves.
- Take practical steps immediately. Door alarms, secured exits, and enrolment in a wandering-response program. Notify neighbours, and keep a current photograph and a written physical description accessible.
- Understand the Texas requirement. A community marketing secured dementia care must hold an Alzheimer's certification, which carries inspected physical plant standards. Ask to see the certificate, not the licence.
- Ask specific questions on tours. How are exits secured, what happens when a resident tries a door, what is the overnight staffing ratio in the secured neighbourhood, and when did an elopement last occur here.