We focused on building capacities and developing partnerships with search and rescue personnel, first responders, and communities to manage risks of going missing among persons living with dementia.
We created prevention and safety-focused paper and digital resources for first responders that can:
- Assist in preventing a missing incident
- Provide guidance for search strategies, specific to a person living with dementia
- Encourage follow up after the missing incident to prevent repeat incidents
Resources are available in English, French and relevant Indigenous language(s) for community organizations, persons living with dementia, care partners, facilities, and health service providers.
Target groups for our project include:
- Search and rescue personnel
- First responders: police in municipal, provincial, and federal law enforcement agencies, fire departments, paramedics
- Staff of community organizations who work with people living with dementia.
Resources
- Please see our Video Resources, which is also a tab on this webpage
- Indigenous Cognition & Aging Awareness Research Exchange (ICAARE) Dementia Factsheets
- What is Dementia?
- First Responder Resources from Alzheimer Society Canada
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Find your area’s Alzheimer Society https://alzheimer.ca/en/help-support/find-your-areas-alzheimer-society
