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Building a Brighter Future Together
Well, we finally did it. You, the agencies, members, caregivers, families, and supporters of Project Lifesaver, encouraged us to look into different, emerging technologies that were available to help those with cognitive conditions who wander. And so, with your support, we decided to test and evaluate newer technologies that have been becoming available.
As you know, we’ve stayed true to our mission over the years: help save lives and bring loved ones home. After many testings, trainings, and meetings, we have officially decided to offer EmFinders as another technology available under the Project Lifesaver program. EmFinders offers specific advantages to agencies – minimal upfront cost, no additional equipment needed for the agency, and reliable, wireless cellular coverage.
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Bryan County Joins Project Lifesaver
It's a program designed to bring people who are at risk of wandering, including those with Alzheimer's, Autism, Down Syndrome and Dementia home safely.
Tuesday evening the Bryan County Sheriff's Department with Family Connection and the Alzheimer's Association hosted a safety and wandering training.
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New program helps Fishers authorities find missing girl
Authorities quickly found a missing autistic girl from Fishers Sunday night, thanks in large part to a program started just weeks earlier in Hamilton County.
Project Lifesaver is a free program sponsored by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department that helps track individuals suffering from dementia, autism, Alzheimer’s disease or Down’s syndrome and are at risk for wandering. Each individual in the program wears a wristband containing a locator beacon, which authorities can track if the person goes missing.
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First Ohio Project Lifesaver Conference – A SUCCESS!
Tommy Carter, Chief of Operations of Project Lifesaver, attended the first OHIO PROJECT LIFESAVER CONFERENCE last Thursday, March 18, at the Union County Services Building in Marysville, Ohio.
All current Project Lifesaver (PLS) Ohio members and associate members were invited to attend, as well as supporting groups including the Alzheimer's Association, Central Ohio Area on Aging, Union County Senior Services, and the Autism Society of Ohio, and the Ohio Attorney General's office were in attendance.
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Hamilton County agencies join Project Lifesaver
Project Lifesaver, a program designed to help authorities find people who wander because of illness or disability, is accepting participants in Hamilton County.
People who could wander because of medical conditions such as Alzheimer's or autism can enroll in the program. Participants receive a tracking bracelet so authorities can locate them quickly if they run away.
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Washington County authorities test Project Lifesaver
ABINGDON, Va. – Detective Billy Nichols waved the multi-pronged antenna gun toward the baseball field to his right and then to the Wednesday afternoon traffic on the left.
He cocked his head to the side as he listened to the static on the headphones. Moments later, the Washington County Sheriff’s officer stepped toward the baseball field, with Sgt. Dreema Pullon close behind, police radio in hand.
Nichols’ antenna gun had picked up the radio-wave ping transmission from the ankle bracelet worn by 18-year-old Down syndrome patient Billy Stiltner, of Abingdon. The search for Stiltner was a training drill for Project Lifesaver, a tracking technology the sheriff’s office offers for free to elderly and mentally challenged residents likely to wander away from home or school.
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Wandering Alzheimer’s patient found
DEERFIELD TWP. - A Rosenhayn man suffering from Alzheimer's disease was quickly found after he wandered away from his home Tuesday night thanks to a Cumberland County Sheriff's Department program.
That program is Project Lifesaver.
Sheriff's officers were dispatched to the 78-year-old man's home at about 11 p.m. on a report he had walked away.
With the help of a Project Lifesaver electronic bracelet, sheriff's officers quickly located the elderly man in a nearby wooded area.
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County Hopes Program A Lifesaver
County Hopes Program A Lifesaver
By Hicham Raache
Times Record • hraache@swtimes.com
Monday, March 8, 2010 9:35 AM CST
Sebastian County authorities have been working to implement a system that will enable authorities to locate quickly people with mental disorders who wander off.
The Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office is obtaining tracking equipment, services and training from Project Lifesaver International, a program that helps law enforcement agencies swiftly locate missing adults and children with disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, dementia or autism.
“I started looking at it about a year ago, especially during the time Mr. (Billy) Wheeler came up missing and we had so much difficulty trying to locate him,” Chief Deputy Tommy Young of the Sheriff’s Office said.
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