First Responders
First Responders work every day with older adults and can clearly benefit from understanding how to work with people living with dementia. It is especially important that First Responders can quickly identify people living with the condition so that they can modify the way the patient is treated.
- Alzheimer’s Association, First Responders
https://www.alz.org/professionals/first-responders
https://www.alz.org/media/Documents/alzheimers-dementia-first-responder-quick-tips.pdf - Alzheimer’s Orange County, Police, and First Responders Training Videos
https://www.alzoc.org/professionals/training/ - DFA Sector Video – First Responders
http://www.dfamerica.org/sector-videos/ - International Association of Chiefs of Police, Alzheimer’s Initiatives
http://www.theiacp.org/Missing-Alzheimers-Disease-Patient
http://www.theiacp.org/Alzheimers-Training-Center - National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners, Tips for First Responders
http://www.nccdp.org/first-responder-tips.htm - Project Lifesaver
https://projectlifesaver.org/ - U.S. Department of Justice, Alzheimer’s Aware
http://www.alzaware.org/Resources
https://www.bja.gov/publications/alzheimersaware.pdf