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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #119 |
| Alzheimer Safe Return Act |
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| Requester: |
Gloria Smith |
Organization: |
Alzheimer's Association |
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| Project Title: |
Alzheimer Safe Return Act |
Date Submitted |
1/8/2004 11:47:01 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Crist |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| There are an estimated 455,000 Floridians living with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease affects an individual's sense of time, place, motion and direction. Wandering is a phenomenon associated with Alzheimer's disease and memory related disorders that results in the afflicted individuals becoming disoriented and wandering from their protective environment and becoming lost. The Alzheimer's Association estimates that 60% of all persons living with Alzheimer's disease will experience wandering during their illness and many will do so repeatedly. If a wanderer is not found within 24 hours, nearly 50% will suffer serious injury or death.
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| Recipient: |
Alzheimer's Association |
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Contact: |
Natalie Kelly |
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9365 US Hwy 19 North, Suite B |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 942-0942 |
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Pinellas Park 33782 |
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Contact email: |
Natalie.Kelly@alz.org |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| The Safe Return Program is a collaborative effort of the Alzheimer's Association national office, regional Alzheimer's Association Chapters and program trained community law enforcement agencies. Safe Return is the only nationwide program which helps identify and return wanderer's to their caregivers. The Safe Return Program registers participants in a national database and provides them with identification tools such as bracelets, necklaces, clothing labels and/or wallet cards. Safe Return is operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week by a master's level clinician through a toll free number. If a participant wanders and becomes lost, one call to the toll free number launches a sophisticated system designed to locate and safely return victims of wandering. When a wanderer is discovered, calling the toll free number on the wanderer's identification toll provides the information necessary to safely return the wanderer to their caregivers. Safe Return has a national recover rate of nearly 100% The Safe Return Program also provides the option for identification materials to be worn or carried by the caregivers that alerts emergency personnel that there is a person living with Alzheimer's under the person's care should the caregivers become involved in an accident or injury. This will set in motion the necessary systems to ensure that the care of the person with Alzheimer's disease is addressed should the caregivers be unable to do so.
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| 67 county law enforcement offices will be offered free training and/or training materials to educate their personnel on identifying Alzheimer's patients, how to find a wanderer, education of behaviors that may be misinterpreted as intoxication, indecent exposure/sexual behavior, shoplifting, and how to communicate with Alzheimer's patients.
Floridian Law Enforcement Training Centers will be provided with a nine-minute role call Safe Return training video and instructional Safe Return pocket cards to utilize in the field.
An additional 3,000 Alzheimer's patients will be enrolled in the Safe Return Program
An additional 1,000 caregivers will be enrolled in the Safe Return Program.
Safe Return/Wandering/Modification of your home caregiver trainings will be conducted in a minimum of 30 counties.
Safe Return/Wandering education will be offered to assisted living facilities, nursing homes, emergency medical services and hospitals.
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$250,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$291,755 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$41,755 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$250,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
A Descriptive Study of Cogitatively Impaired Individuals Who Become Lost in the Community |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Pasco County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/16/2003 |
