Alzheimer Society's Online Registry And Free Training Courses 
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To help speed up search and rescue efforts, the Alzheimer Society, in partnership with the RCMP, developed a nationwide wandering registry. To date, 30,000 Canadians have registered. Now, people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers have the option of enrolling in the Safely Home program online, and managing their record through a new and improved website at http://www.safelyhome.ca.
Also, to ensure everyone is best prepared, the Alzheimer Society has also introducing two online courses to serve as a centralized resource for training people nationwide.
The first course, "Plan to be Prepared! Bringing people with Alzheimer's and related diseases Safely Home" is meant for care facilities' staff to help them better understand the characteristics of Alzheimer's disease, concepts of emergency preparedness and how to plan for and carry out search emergency procedures. The second course, "Search is an Emergency: Bringing people with Alzheimer's and related diseases Safely Home" was created for police and emergency services.
"Preventing people with Alzheimer's disease from becoming lost is our primary goal," says Mary Schulz, Education Director at the Alzheimer Society of Canada. "However, if they do, we want to ensure that everyone who supports people living with the disease, from family to health care workers to police officers, have the training and resources to find them as quickly as possible."
In March 2007, with the support of the RCMP, the Alzheimer Society of Canada received funding from the Search and Rescue Secretariat to implement a two year project known as the Safely Home Community Action Plan to increase public awareness and enhance the ability of the Safely Home program nationally. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com
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When someone with Alzheimer's disease becomes lost, finding them quickly is key to preventing a tragedy. In fact, research has shown that if the person is not found within 12 hours of last being seen, there is a 50 per cent chance that they will be found injured or dead from dehydration, drowning or hypothermia.
To help speed up search and rescue efforts, the Alzheimer Society, in partnership with the RCMP, developed a nationwide wandering registry. To date, 30,000 Canadians have registered. Now, people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers have the option of enrolling in the Safely Home program online, and managing their record through a new and improved website at http://www.safelyhome.ca.
Also, to ensure everyone is best prepared, the Alzheimer Society has also introducing two online courses to serve as a centralized resource for training people nationwide.
The first course, "Plan to be Prepared! Bringing people with Alzheimer's and related diseases Safely Home" is meant for care facilities' staff to help them better understand the characteristics of Alzheimer's disease, concepts of emergency preparedness and how to plan for and carry out search emergency procedures. The second course, "Search is an Emergency: Bringing people with Alzheimer's and related diseases Safely Home" was created for police and emergency services.
"Preventing people with Alzheimer's disease from becoming lost is our primary goal," says Mary Schulz, Education Director at the Alzheimer Society of Canada. "However, if they do, we want to ensure that everyone who supports people living with the disease, from family to health care workers to police officers, have the training and resources to find them as quickly as possible."
In March 2007, with the support of the RCMP, the Alzheimer Society of Canada received funding from the Search and Rescue Secretariat to implement a two year project known as the Safely Home Community Action Plan to increase public awareness and enhance the ability of the Safely Home program nationally. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com
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