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Abstract: 

In 2002, a Wisconsin man with middlestage dementia was jailed for three days on battery charges for domestic violence, pursuant to Wisconsin’s Mandatory Arrest Law. He was processed as a batterer, arrested, and subsequently released onto the streets without anyone notifying his family. He was later apprehended for trying to break into a red car that he believed was his. To avoid future mishandling of people with dementia and to begin building a dialogue and shared assumptions among three major Wisconsin systems that might address “behavioral crises” involving people with dementia (elder abuse, domestic violence, and dementia care), the Wisconsin Bureau of Aging and Long-Term Care Resources (BALTCR) convened a summit in June 2002, in Madison, WI, which was attended by approximately 40 national and state experts. This article discusses that summit meeting and the papers that came out of both the preparation and results.

Keywords: Summit Background Paper

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