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

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