On June 29th, Member of Parliament Bill Blair presented Dean of Health Dr. Lili Liu and her team with $2.1 million dollars of funding over three years to support their project to enhance search and rescue capabilities for when people with dementia go missing.
The project titled “Managing Risks of Going Missing among Persons Living with Dementia by Building Capacities of SAR Personnel, First Responders and Communities” will create dementia-friendly resources across six provinces and in collaboration with two indigenous communities, the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba and the Kahnawá:ke Mohawk Territory in Quebec.
Blair praised the project saying, “this project will build capacity, strengthen coordination, and increase innovation among those responding to these emergencies - helping mitigating risks, and keeping these vulnerable members of our communities safe.”
You can read more about the project in Waterloo News.
