The Alzheimer Society maintains the Safely HomeTM - Alzheimer Wandering Registry in co-operation with the R.C.M.P. and the Alzheimer Society of Canada. The Registry keeps vital information ready in case a person wanders from home or a long-term care facility. It is available to anyone with memory loss or cognitive impairment.
There is a one-time registration cost of $35 which includes an identification bracelet and registration at the offices of Alzheimer Society of Peel, Alzheimer Canada, and the R.C.M.P.
Alzheimer Society of Canada Announces Changes to
Safely HomeTM - Alzheimer Wandering Registry
Two-year grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to enhance program
The Alzheimer Society's Safely HomeTM program will be getting a boost thanks to funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. New educational resources, a training video for police, and search and rescue guidelines are being created over the next two years. These initiatives, along with work with long-term care facilities to increase registration in the program, will better serve people with Alzheimer's disease and their families.
Safely HomeTM - Alzheimer Wandering Registry is a nationwide program designed to help find a person with Alzheimer's disease who is lost and assist in a safe return home. Developed by the Alzheimer Society of Canada in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the registry stores vital information confidentially on a police database. The information can be accessed by police anywhere in Canada and the United States.
Here's how it works. When a loved one goes missing -- the caregiver calls the local police. Accessing the computer database, information about them is matched using personal information. A match is made when the police are able to use the identification number on the identity bracelet worn by the person with Alzheimer's disease to search the database.
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