SUPERVISOR DIANNE JACOB

SUPERVISOR RON ROBERTS

San Diego County Board of Supervisors
Contacts: Steve Schmidt, 619-206-9108; Tim McClain, 619-694-6293

________________________________________________________________
NEWS ADVISORY

COUNTY TO LAUNCH NEW ALERT TO HELP FIND

THOSE WITH ALZHEIMERS, OTHER IMPAIRMENTS
WHAT:

San Diego County officials will launch a new type of community alert to help find
seniors with Alzheimers disease and others who are reported missing and in
danger.
The Sheriffs Department and other local law enforcement agencies will be able
to directly notify the public via email and cell phone text message when a person
with dementia or other cognitive impairment, or with a developmental disability,
goes missing.
The Alzheimers Association estimates that six in 10 people with dementia will at
one point wander from their homes or when theyre out.

WHEN:

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2:30 p.m.

WHERE:

County Administration Center

1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, EAST PLAZA

WHO:

Supervisor Dianne Jacob

Supervisor Ron Roberts
Sheriff Bill Gore
Bob Estabrook, widower of Sally Estabrook
Also attending will be Mary Ball, Alzheimers Association President/CEO

WHY:

About 60,000 local residents have Alzheimers or other types of dementia. That
number is expected to nearly double by 2030. It is the regions third leading
cause of death.

###