Police Services

Education and Presentations:

• Identifying vulnerable seniors: An "in-the-field" dementia screening tool for Police Officers, Presenters: Dr. Lindy Kilik, Ph.D., C.Psych, Neuropsychologist and Sgt. Charles Boyles, Kingston Police Force, Resource: Driving and Dementia in Ontario: A Quantitative Assessment of the Problem, Hopkins RW, Kilik L, Day DJ, Rows C, Tseng H. Can J Psychiatry. 2004 Jul;49(7):434-8. (Available through SHRTN Library Services)
• Police Interaction With Persons Affected by Alzheimer’s Disease, Don Denver, Commander, Ontario Provincial Police (Retd.), President, Board of Directors, Alzheimer Society of Kenora/ Rainy River Districts

Resources:

• Project Lifesaver Ontario, Project Lifesaver is an active response system that uses law enforcement officers equipped with radio frequnecy tracking equipment to quickly locate loved ones
• Safely Home®, Assists police in finding a person who is lost and returning them safely to their home. It is a nationwide program developed by the Alzheimer Society of Canada in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• Seniors Assistance Teams, The purpose of the Seniors Assistance Team is to provide strategic crime analysis and research with respect to the impact of seniors/elder abuse and vulnerable persons
• Silver Advisory program - being developed in partnership with seniors and health organizations, the Ontario Seniors' Secretariat, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), municipal police services and broadcasters.
• Wandering, Alzheimer Society of B.C.
• Wandering Information Kit, Alzheimer Society of B.C.