Elder Care Expert Advice

The Indiana Govenor signed into law the new Silver Alert system to help locate missing seniors. With four seniors having gone missing this week alone we need this service. Most importantly these alerts will help make families more aware of how often someone who has alzheimer’s and lives alone can just one day wander off and not remember how to get back. Unfortunately there is not perdiction when the wandering will begin so you have to be prepared. Everyone with memory issues should be wearing an ID bracelet. Although I do not advocate that anyone with memory issues should be living alone families should have a watch plan in place. Alerting their neighbors, local businesses they frequent and friends that there is a concern and to keep an eye on them. Make sure they have your phone number. There are great monitoring systems that allow you to check in on them remotely or that a company monitors their activity and alerts you if there’s a concern as well as gps tracking devices available. Aging Avenues can help you develop a plan so that when safety issues occur, and they will, that you’re not in a crisis.