Bracelets for wandering Alzheimer’s patients available

July

Project Lifesaver, a program that uses radio-frequency technology to find seniors with Alzheimer’s disease who wander from their homes, will have an “open enrollment day” on July 16 in Yonkers.

The event will be held at Our Place ElderServe, 347 Saw Mill River Road from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Through Project Lifesaver, eligible seniors are fitted with bracelets with special batteries. County police can locate them by tracking a radio signal the bracelets transmit.

The program’s goal is to find the seniors quickly and safely return them to their families. The program began in 2008. As of mid-June, 42 seniors were wearing the bracelets.

The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

For more information or to RSVP contact Melody Keel at the ElderServe Safe Center at (914) 368-5506 or email mkeel@hebrewhome.org.

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