Kulinganiselwa ukuba i-60% yezigidi ezingama-5.3 zamaMerika ezinesifo se-Alzheimer okanye enye i-dementia iya kuguqulwa ukusuka ekhaya okanye kubaxhasi babo kwaye ilahleke. Ukuziphatha okunyukayo kuyimeko engasongela ubomi. Indlela esiyiphendula ngayo ekuziphatheni okudukayo ibaluleke kakhulu. I-Alert Medic + i-Alzheimer's Association Return Return Programme iye yasiza ekubuyiseni ngokukhuselekileyo kwamawaka abantu ukususela ngo-1993.
Inkqubo yokuPhumela ngokuKhuselekileyo ineenkcukacha zesizwe kunye nolwazi lwezithombe. Isebenza iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku, iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki, kunye nomgca wokungabikho kwemali. Isebenza ngezahluko ze-Alzheimers's Association kulo lonke ilizwe, ukuthotyelwa komthetho kunye nezinye i-arhente eziphendula ngokukhawuleza.
Inkqubo yokuPhumela okuKhuselekileyo iya kunika iimveliso ezichongiweyo ezifana neendwanguzo (iintsimbi kunye namakhonto), amakhadi esebhanki, iilebhu zokugqoka kunye nenombolo ye-800 engabhawulwanga kuyo.
Umbutho we-Alzheimer's Safe Feed Response
Nabani na ofumana umntu olahlekileyo ubiza umnxeba ongekho inkokhelo eboniswe kumkhiqizo wokuchonga umntu ogqokeyo. Bayiqaphela intsapho okanye umkhathaleli obhalwe kwiSitoreji sokuVikela esiKhuselekileyo.
Inkqubo Yokubuyiswa Kokuphepha ithumela isithombe somntu olahlekileyo kunye nolwazi kunye nee-arhente zokunyanzelisa umthetho.
Isahluko se-Alzheimer's Association Association sinikela ngenkxaso yentsapho kunye noncedo ngelixa amapolisa eqhuba ukukhangela nokuhlangula.
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Kukho umrhumo we-$ 55 wokubhalisa oquka ukugcoba kwezilwanyana, i-wallet card, kunye nokugcinwa kwerekhodi yezempilo. Kukho intlawulo yokuvuselela i-$ 35 ngonyaka.
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Unokuqhagamshelana noMbutho we-Alzheimer's 888.572.8566.
Ungakwazi kwakhona ukubhalisa kwi-intanethi kwi-medicalert.org/safereturn. Ifomu yokuBhaliswa kwe-Safe Return ifika ngesiTshayina naseSpain.
Umthombo:
I-Alzheimer's Association. I-MedicAlert / + i-Alzheimer's Association Yokubuyiswa okukhuselekileyo. http://www.alz.org/care/dementia-medic-alert-safe-return.asp
-Kuhleliwe ngu-Esther Heerema, MSW