Mayor Bloomberg Why Isn't Novel York Metropolis Using The Silvery Alarm Effectively?
The Silver Alert programme was designed to protect cognitively impaired individuals who travel lost spell driving a auto or lost spell on foot.
By Bob DeMarco
There are to a greater extent than than 5,000,000 Americans living with Alzheimer's. Statistics present that threescore per centum volition wander away. 3,000,000 people who are probable to wander, cannot fend for themselves, demand help, as well as tin driblet dead spell lost.
There are but about 50,000 persons living with dementia inwards Palm Beach county Florida. This is where I live. I am amazed at the number of silvery alerts that are issued.
We convey boards that flash Silver Alerts on the Interstate as well as turnpike.
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Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few weeks agone I heard a storey from the Director of a Memory Center inwards Brooklyn, NY. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 identify unit of measurement came into the centre looking for aid inwards locating a identify unit of measurement fellow member who was lost as well as suffering from dementia. They had been turned away past times police. Fraught with anxiety they were seeking help. Fortunately, the somebody was institute condom after to a greater extent than than 24 hours.
Why didn't the constabulary purpose the Silver Alert inwards Brooklyn? New York metropolis has the Silver Alert.
Today, I am reading a storey close a adult woman living with severe dementia that wandered away from Montefiore Medical Center inwards the Bronx, New York.
The woman, Patricia Brown, was institute 2 miles from the Medical Center as well as after 5 hours. She was battered as well as bruised from an apparent beating.
There is no cite of a Silver Alert beingness issued inwards the storey I read close the province of affairs inwards the New York Daily News.
I lived inwards New York for a many years. I tin tell you, the people of New York pay attention. The constabulary are everywhere as well as are overstep notch. But, they can't aid locate missing dementia patients if they are non alerted as well as asked to produce so.
Michael Bloomberg is the Mayor of New York City. Mayor Bloomberg is known for getting things done.
My query for Mayor Bloomberg.
Why isn't the Silver Alert organisation working effectively inwards New York City?
Over 8 1 K m people alive inwards New York City. There could survive every bit may every bit 1.3 1 K m people living with Alzheimer's or a related dementia. Or, every bit many every bit 780,000 that are probable to wander. If non institute quickly, some volition driblet dead spell lost.
Scary? I intend so.
The Silver Alert should survive a priority everywhere. Including New York City.
You tin read this pilus raising storey from our reader Donna close how her missing manful somebody raise was in conclusion located 1 time the Silver Alert organisation was activated.
We learned afterwards that my manful somebody raise had travel disoriented as well as lost but because he did non convey a jail cellphone phone, recollect the cry of the hotel where he as well as my woman raise were staying, recollect my mother’s jail cellphone telephone number, etc. he was unable to enquire for help.
Fortunately for us, he drove all nighttime long. He stopped to acquire gas as well as a few times tried to enquire for directions as well as assistance but was unable to hand the people he asked plenty data for them to aid him.
Within minutes of the silvery alarm data beingness displayed on his auto computer, a Maryland DPS officeholder pulled my manful somebody raise over as well as he was returned to us condom as well as sound.Read, My Dad -- Missing as well as Found
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