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Project Spotlight
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Welcome to Givewell's Project Spotlight. Each month we highlight a project for which a charity is currently seeking funds. We also provide details on how to give directly for this project.
Project description: This month’s project spotlight was a finalist in Givewell’s 2006 Best Community Project Award, presented at Ethical Investor’s 6th Australian Sustainability Awards in Sydney in December 2006. Safely Home is a joint project of Alzheimer’s Australia NSW and the NSW Police. It provides rapid and accurate identification and return of a wandering person to their home. Peace of mind for people living with dementia Each year around 6,500 people over the age of 65 years are reported missing in New South Wales and are generally considered to have dementia. The ‘Safely Home’ program has been developed to assist those at risk of wandering to be returned home as quickly as possible, relieving the distress for both the person at risk and the carer and to assist NSW Police to locate and return people quickly and thus use their resources more effectively The ‘Safely Home’ bracelet ‘Safely Home’ provides a personalised stainless steel bracelet, designed to be worn at all times by the person with dementia. The bracelet features a toll free telephone number and personal identification number linked to the NSW Police ‘Safely Home’ database. The ‘Safely Home’ database The ‘Safely Home’ database is accessible by Police 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It includes a detailed description of the person with dementia, contact information, previous residential addresses and locations the person may visit. All details on the database are confidential. How does it work? When someone finds the lost person, they can simply look at the bracelet, telephone the police and quote the personal identification number. The police then make arrangements for the person to be returned safely home. Carers can use ‘Safely Home’ to instigate a search for the person with dementia by contacting their local police station and filing a Missing Persons Report. The police initiate a search using information on the database. ‘Safely Home’ is ideal for carers in home situations and health professionals caring for people in aged care facilities. Can donors/grant makers give directly for this project? Yes If so, how? Donations to ‘Alzheimer’s Australia NSW’ are tax deductible. Donations can be made:
Contact details for further information: Previous Project Spotlights
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