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Clever Hidden Code to Stop Dementia Patients Wandering

This image shows a security keypad for an elevator on a hospital dementia ward, with a posted sign that hides the access code within a rhyming message. The system is designed to prevent patients with dementia from wandering off and leaving the secured ward, while still allowing authorized staff to easily calculate the access code. The code is hidden by extracting the number from the first word of each line: 4 (F is 4th letter of the alphabet), 1 (O is 1st letter), 2 (T is 2nd letter), 7 (word is Seven), 8 (S is 8th letter), resulting in full code 41278. The top caption calls this a clever security solution.
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Displayed at a hospital to prevent patients suffering dementia from leaving the ward. The numerical code is hidden within the message... clever

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For access to elevator,
One must ask the desk,
To get the new code.
Seven times to remember.
Starry blue skies ahead.

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Displayed at a hospital to prevent patients suffering dementia from leaving the ward. The numerical code is hidden within the message... clever

Overview

This image shows a security keypad for an elevator on a hospital dementia ward, with a posted sign that hides the access code within a rhyming message. The system is designed to prevent patients with dementia from wandering off and leaving the secured ward, while still allowing authorized staff to easily calculate the access code. The code is hidden by extracting the number from the first word of each line: 4 (F is 4th letter of the alphabet), 1 (O is 1st letter), 2 (T is 2nd letter), 7 (word is Seven), 8 (S is 8th letter), resulting in full code 41278. The top caption calls this a clever security solution.

Origin notes

This image was originally posted to 9Gag with the title 'Great, now I'm never getting out', and has been widely reposted across social media as an example of a simple, clever security solution for dementia care units. The image includes an imgflip watermark from reposting/editing on that platform.

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