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« on: Feb 18^th, 2004, 8:02pm »

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Since there has been a lot of talk about alzheimers in here recently I spotted this and wanted to share:

DEAR ABBY: This is an update on Project Lifesaver, a new nonprofit police organization that locates wandering victims of Alzheimer's disease (news - web sites) and special-needs kids using electronic tracking. Your columns devoted to dementia prompted me to write, since our service allows seniors to remain at home longer and gives much-needed stress reduction to their caregivers.

To date, Project Lifesaver has located 878 people in an average rescue time of 19 to 20 minutes. There have been no deaths or injuries, and everyone reported missing has been located. According to the National Alzheimer's Association, an average of 32,000 people wander away from homes and nursing homes each year.

Those at risk of wandering wear a 1-ounce wrist transmitter that emits a radio tracking signal 24/7. When caregivers discover their loved one is missing, they call 911, and Project Lifesaver-trained police officers respond to locate the person quickly.

The system works day or night, inside or outside. The price for the service through the police department ranges from free to $35 per month, depending on financial need. Project Lifesaver is currently in about 200 police departments.

Caregivers interested in Project Lifesaver for their community should contact their local police or sheriff's department and ask them to contact me at the Chesapeake, Va., Sheriff's SAR Unit at (757) 546-5502. Thank you. -- CHIEF GENE SAUNDERS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PROJECT LIFESAVER

DEAR CHIEF SAUNDERS: Be careful what you wish for. Project Lifesaver sounds like a terrific public service to me. I'm pleased to make my readers aware of it. Get ready for the onslaught!

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« Reply #1 on: Feb 18^th, 2004, 8:33pm »

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What a great idea! My grandma has Alzheimers, but fortunately, hers isn't quite to that point yet. It is nice to know that there are options for the families though!

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« Reply #2 on: Feb 18^th, 2004, 9:34pm »

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I read this in our local paper earlier in the week. What a wonderful idea. A dear friend of mine lost her grandfather a few years ago when he took his car and drove off, got lost, ended up in a farm lane off the highway, got stuck, and died before anyone could find him. My husband helped search for him and it was really awful. It was over a week before they located him. If this had been in existance then, that could have had a totally different outcome.

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« Reply #3 on: Feb 23^rd, 2004, 8:57am »

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Oh gosh that's scary IL. My grandmother also has alzheimer's, and like Nons55 she's not progressed enough to limit her activities. We are all trying to convince my grandfather to put a tracker into her car.

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« Reply #4 on: Feb 23^rd, 2004, 9:01am »

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an excellent idea for both those with alzheimers as well as those with special needs

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« Reply #5 on: Feb 23^rd, 2004, 2:33pm »

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Ohh my Lord! How I wish this had been available long, long ago. My aunt Hazel wandered off from the house so many, many times. Sometimes she was clothed, other times she wasn't. :cry2:

Her beautiful hubby never enlisted help (not even from the family). He never left her side - except when he passed out from the exhaustion of caring for her 25/8.

I would ask that if this org hasn't been installed in your area - go ahead and contact http://www.projectlifesaver.org/ or http://www.sheriffs.org/default_html.htm and procure any and/or all info to bring it "home".

(You might mention to them they've misspelled the word reliable in their Mission Statement. :laff:

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