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Every LTC facility is locked down. So are hospital floors and if they aren't they can be in a second.

Your people with the several stages of dementia belong in a memory care facility. Many nursing homes and LTC facilities also have memory care. Memory care means they are locked in. It's basically like minimum security prison. They can 'wander' around the floor they're on or go into the common area. The place may even have a secured area outside they can go to. They can't get out of that area though. They can't get anywhere other than the memory care floor.

Patients who are sick in a nursing home should not have to deal with people that are out-of-it with dementia and wandering around. Or getting agitated, throwing tantrums, coming into their rooms, etc... These kinds of people belong in memory care not nursing care.
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LTCs are usually locked down. Yes, they can take care of a Dementia person from early Dementia on if the person needs 24/7 care. Most of the residents in LTC care have some form of Dementia.
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Yes if the person is not prone to wandering.
And keep in mind that a person that is not prone to wandering today may begin wandering at some point. You have to make that decision when you get to that point
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Yes.
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