BCSilverAlert
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BCSilverAlert
@BCSilverAlert
Citizen-led effort to #alert public & media for vulnerable missing people with #Alzheimer's #dementia #autism. Information and Alerting. #SilverAlert
British Columbia, Canada Katılım Ağustos 2014
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#BCSilverAlert #Vancouver
vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/11/26/van…
A missing person with a brain injury is an emergency, the same as someone with dementia or autism.
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RT @southfrasersar: A great team effort with the best outcome. An additional thanks to our mutual aid friends @CFVSAR @CoquitlamSAR @Ridge…
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@OntarioNorth We have a system that scanned police feeds, identified possible Silver Alerts, and would pre-fill an alert. Then the operator would approve or delete the alert, and send it out to hundreds of subscribers and via Twitter and Facebook.
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@BCSilverAlert How were you sending them out? Our tweets still get automatically posted from our website. Will twitter not allow you API access?
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Colorado launches new alert system to help find #missing #Indigenous people #mmir #mmip #Nativetwitter amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.cnn.co…
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The BC NDP campaigned on creating a Silver Alert for BC during the 2020 election, it was one of their campaign promises.
To date we have not heard back from the government on the progress of this promise.
bc.ctvnews.ca/what-s-happeni…
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We were saddened to hear that 82 year old Elizabeth Gilchrist was located, deceased, just before Christmas.
A Silver Alert would be instrumental in getting the word out when a vulnerable person goes missing.
cheknews.ca/missing-nanaim…
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With an increasing number of people living with dementia worldwide and in Canada, it’s crucial to find ways to promote community awareness and prevent people with dementia from getting lost. tricitynews.com/highlights/opi…
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RT @sfu_starinst: The Age-Friendly Living Ecosystem (AFLE) project will be presented at the 2021 Scottish University Insight Institute Conf…
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🧠A vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease could be on the horizon after scientists carried out successful trials in animals.
Researchers were able to reverse memory loss in mice and are keen to move quickly to human trials
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telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/1…

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