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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #142 |
| Alzheimer's Safe Return Act (Law Enforcement Training) |
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| Requester: |
Gloria Smith |
Organization: |
Alzheimer's Association |
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| Project Title: |
Alzheimer's Safe Return Act (Law Enforcement Training) |
Date Submitted |
1/3/2006 10:11:40 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Crist |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Keeping person with Alzheimer's SAFE in our community and training law enforcement the issues of Alzheimer's: wandering, successful search techniques, communication tips, hurricane preparedness, shoplifting, indecent exposure, false reporting, victimization, homicide/suicide, and abuse/neglect.
There are an estimated 450,000 Floridians living with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease affects an individual's sense of time, place, motion and direction. Wandering is a life-threatening behavior 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.
The "Alzheimer Safe Return Act" program will help minimize the time that the person with dementia is lost. It saves law enforcement officers considerable time searching for lost people and time trying to coordinate the return of lost people. As a result this program will not onely save lives, but will save law enforcement manpower and state money. In addition, the program trains law enforcement officers on other behaviors they may encounter with a person with Alzheimer's and how to handle the situation with care and dignity towards that individual. |
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| Recipient: |
Gloria Smith |
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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) 570-5747 |
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Pinellas Park 33782 |
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Contact email: |
nataliekelly@msn.com |
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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: |
| 1. Educate and train law enforcement to recognize and assist with the timely return of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia who wander and become lost, including but not limited to successful search techniques and communication tips.
2. Educate law enforcement on identification programs and other electronic monitoring systems.
3. Educate law enforcement on other problems relating with Alzheimer's disease such as disaster preparedness including hurricane response, shoplifting, indecent exposure, false reports, victimization, homicide/suicide, and abuse/neglect.
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| 1. 67 county law enforcement offices will be offered free training and training materials on identifying Alzheimer's patients, wandering, successful search techniques, communications tips, disaster preparedness include hurricane response, unsafe driving, shoplifting, indecent exposure, false reporting, victimization, homicide/suicide, and abuse/neglect.
2. Distribute instructional pocket cards (with a "Roll Call" power point presentation) to utilize in field.
3. Florida Law Enforcement Training Centers will be provided with a nine-minute roll call training video and instructional pocket cards to utilize in the field.
4. Wandering/Modification of your home caregiver trainings will be conducted in a minimum of 30 counties.
5. 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? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$41,755 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2005-2006 |
Amount: |
$250,000 |
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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? |
No |
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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: |
Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
01/07/2006 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
