It seems that when elderly dementia and Alzheimer’s sufferers go wandering, they may be looking for something to eat.

Or maybe just something to do. But this seems like a fair idea … or at least a good try. NPR’s health blog, Shots, reports on a nursing home in New Hyde Park, New York, that began offering midnight snacks to their patients who wandered around at night.

After beginning to offer the snacks, the number of falls reduced and the patients became calmer.

One could speculate about the reasons, but that may be difficult ever to know for sure. But it seems like a great idea. Give the wanderers a little bit of something to eat, and they’ll be satisfied. Click through for an interesting little read.

Midnight Munchies Keep Elderly Safer In NY Nursing Home – Shots – Health News Blog : NPR

She reported that, since the snack program began, they saw falls and related injuries decrease by 50 percent. And, they also saw a decrease in pressure sores (also known as bed sores, or nosocomial ulcers). Now, she says, there are no sores in all of 8 South.