Letter to CBC’s The Current
The Current, CBC’s national show, did a broadcast on Dementia and I decided to write a letter outlining some of my own opinins.
Category: Blog Entry
Regular blog posts
Dementia Prevention and Search Resources
A list of resources to help prevent the wandering of people with dementia, and to assist SAR groups to search for them
Silver Alert
The silver alert is an example of an alert for a vulnerable missing person in an urban setting that can help find people with dementia who wander.
Tracking people with dementia when they wander
Project Lifesaver Tracking Equipment
There are various technologies available to track missing subjects with dementia that allow trained searchers to locate them.
Provincial Dementia Action Plan for BC
Province of BC has a Dementia Action plan that makes no mention of prevention, education or response to subjects that wander, a life threatening situation.
Searching for Missing people with Dementia
Many people don’t know that wilderness SAR teams are often called to search for subjects with dementia in BC, and it is one of the hardest parts of our job.
Unmanned Systems Canada
QuadCopter UAV
I presented at the Unmanned Systems Canada conference in Vancouver on the operational use of UAVs for Search and Rescue.
Social Media and SAR Operations
My presentation from SARScene 2013 on Social Media and SAR Operations #SMSAR
SARScene 2013
This year I’m attending the conference, presenting, and facilitating at two sessions, exhibiting at the trade show and cheering on the SAR Games.
Social Media in Search and Rescue
I’d like to introduce a new hastag to further the discussion of Social Media in Search and Rescue: #SMSAR