Category: Search and Rescue
Lower Merion, PA Police Captain Explains Why LoJack SafetyNet Will Benefit His Force and Community
The Lower Merion, PA Police Department is working in conjunction with the Main Line Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Main Line Program to implement LoJack SafetyNet, a new service that helps public safety agencies search for and rescue people at risk of wandering, including children with autism. The service will be available for caregivers and their loved ones living in Lower Merion Township and Narberth beginning in June 2010.
Captain John Dougherty of the Lower Merion Police Department discusses the value of LoJack SafetyNet and how it will help the Main Line community, as well as how it will benefit public safety agencies in their search and rescue operations
Captain John Dougherty of the Lower Merion Police Department gives examples of how LoJack SafetyNet will benefit his force in their search and rescue operations
Posted on May 20, 2010 | 1 Comment | Category: Alzheimer's, Autism, Caregiving, Search and Rescue, Wandering | Tags: Alzheimer's, Autism, LoJack SafetyNet, Lower Merion County, Main Line Community, Wandering
Book Review | Lost: Trio linked in search for Alzheimer’s wanderer
The Columbus Dispatch
We haven’t seen many — or any — suspense novels where the plot revolves around the search for a person with Alzheimer’s disease who has wandered. But The Columbus Dispatch says author Alice Lichtenstein has done her research and that makes “Lost” worth reading.
Condensed to a sentence, Lost sounds like a suspense novel: Christopher, a 72-year-old former architect afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease, wanders off into the snowy woods somewhere in the Northeast, and his wife and a team of rescuers try to find him.
via Book Review | Lost: Trio linked in redemptive search | The Columbus Dispatch.
Posted on March 26, 2010 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's, Search and Rescue | Tags: Alzheimer's, book, review, Wandering
Man with Alzheimer’s found by using electronic tracker
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA — A 77-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease who went missing Thursday was found by deputies who activated an electronic locator on the man’s ankle.
Carl Chandler of W Hiawatha Street in Tampa goes for a walk around his neighborhood every afternoon. He’s usually gone for about a half hour.
His wife of 55 years, Naomi Fay Chandler, said she got worried when Chandler didn’t come home after about an hour.
Chandler wears an electronic LoJack SafteyNet tracker that is registered with the Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office through a nonprofit Virginia company called Project Lifesaver. When Chandler’s wife notified deputies that he was missing, they turned on his tracker.
via Man with Alzheimer’s found by using electronic tracker – St. Petersburg Times.
Posted on January 16, 2010 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's, Search and Rescue, Wandering |
N.H. police see safety, savings in ‘LoJack for people’
Manchester (N.H.) Union-Leader
SALEM, N.H. — Finding a missing Alzheimer’s patient or an autistic child is a nightmare for law enforcement and caregivers alike, but now the same technology used to locate stolen cars will be deployed to help.
The Salem Police Department is the first in New Hampshire to offer the LoJack SafetyNet program, said Deputy Chief William Ganley. Essentially, it allows caregivers to equip an individual in danger of “wandering” with a water-proof transmitter worn on the ankle or wrist. It emits a unique digital radio frequency pre-registered with police.
If someone is missing, officers will be able to hone in on them using a receiver. The system has a range of about a mile from the ground and up to seven miles from the air, Ganley said.
“For lack of a better description, it’s kind of like LoJack for people,” he said. “It’s designed for people who can’t tell us where they are or who they are. It’s not for anybody to use as a safety measure. … It’s for the people who need our help the most.”
via N.H. police see safety, savings in ‘LoJack for people’.
Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's, Autism, Caregiving, Dementia, Down Syndrome, Search and Rescue, Wandering | Tags: family caregiving
LoJack and Project Lifesaver Expand Search & Rescue Solution into New Hampshire
WESTWOOD, Mass., Oct. 14 — The Project Lifesaver Program and the LoJack SafetyNet System have expanded into New Hampshire, their 45th state, according to an announcement made today by Project Lifesaver International and LoJack Corporation (Nasdaq: LOJN). This tracking and rescue solution, which is now available in Salem, NH and used by the Salem Police Department, offers public safety agencies the necessary training, technology and procedures to enable the successful rescue of people with cognitive conditions — such as Alzheimer’s and autism — who wander or otherwise become lost.
As part of its commitment to protecting people at risk of wandering, LoJack has provided Radio Frequency-based LoJack SafetyNet Search and Rescue receivers at no cost to the Salem Police Department.
Project Lifesaver International, a non-profit organization that specializes in electronic search and rescue (SAR) programs, conducted in-depth training and provided certification to the Salem Police Department in late September. Their training includes teaching public safety officials how to use the LoJack SafetyNet System and how to gain the trust of and communicate with people at risk who wander, as well as to ensure that caregivers are well versed in the program — all of which are essential to a successful rescue.
“We are excited about this partnership with Project Lifesaver and LoJack SafetyNet,” said William J. Ganley III, Deputy Chief, Salem Police Department. “This will allow our police department to be proactive, rather than reactive in dealing with this critical need in our community. Thanks to donations from community groups like Kiwanis, we can better serve the people who need our help the most.”
via LoJack and Project Lifesaver Expand Search & Rescue Solution into New Hampshire.
Posted on October 14, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's, Autism, Caregiving, Dementia, Down Syndrome, Search and Rescue, Wandering |
Lost and Found: New Tracking Device Helps Special Needs Communitywickedlocalparents.com
wickedlocalparents.com
On a lovely afternoon in Sherborn, 10-year-old Dean Howell was hiking with his caretaker, when he suddenly ran off and disappeared into the brush. For most parents or caretakers, this show of a child’s independence or precociousness is little more than a delay or inconvenience. Yet, for parents of children with special needs—such as autism, Down syndrome or deafness whereby the child may be unable to respond to their name, avoid eye contact, or lack the cognitive strength to navigate their way back or to assistance, the situation can be more dire.
via Lost and Found: New Tracking Device Helps Special Needs Community | wickedlocalparents.com.
Posted on October 6, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism, Down Syndrome, Search and Rescue | Tags: family caregiving
LoJack SafetyNet and Project Lifesaver Help Rescue Clients Afflicted With Alzheimer’s/Dementia
Reuters
WESTWOOD, Mass., July 8 — LoJack Corporation (Nasdaq: LOJN) and Project Lifesaver International today announced that the LoJack SafetyNet System and Project Lifesaver Program has helped to rescue — in less than 30 minutes each — five people with Alzheimer’s or dementia who had wandered over the past month. The LoJack SafetyNet/Project Lifesaver service answers a critical need for people with cognitive conditions at risk of wandering, and is a particularly important service for caregivers and family members during the summer months when the life-threatening issue of wandering tends to increase.
Posted on July 8, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Dementia, Search and Rescue, Wandering | Tags: family caregiving, summer wandering