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About Safe
Return
Alzheimer's Association Safe Return®is a nationwide
identification, support and enrollment program that provides
assistance when a person with Alzheimer's or a related
dementia wanders
and becomes lost locally or far from home.
Assistance is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
If an enrollee is missing, one call immediately activates a
community support network to help reunite the lost person with
his or her caregiver.
Safe Return faxes the enrolled person's information and
photo to local law enforcement. When the person is found, a
citizen or law official calls the 800-number on the
identification products and Safe Return notifies listed
contacts. The nearest Alzheimer's Association office provides
information and support during the search and rescue
efforts.
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Identification
products
With a $40 enrollment in Alzheimer's Association Safe
Return, you receive the following products:
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Engraved identification bracelet or necklace and iron-on
clothing labels.
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Caregiver checklist, key chain, lapel pin, refrigerator
magnet, stickers and wallet cards.
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For an additional $5, you'll receive caregiver jewelry.
In an emergency, it alerts others that you provide care for
a person enrolled in Safe Return.
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Enrollment
To enroll, a person with dementia or the caregiver fills
out a simple form, supplies a photograph, chooses the type of
identification product that the enrollee will wear and/or
carry, and makes a enrollment payment of $40. Check with your
local Alzheimer's Association chapter to find
out if scholarships are available in your area to cover the
cost of enrollment.
There are three ways you can enroll in Safe
Return:
1) Online. Enroll with our secure form. It's fast and
easy.
Enroll
online now.
2) Phone: Enroll by phone using a credit card. Call
1.888.572.8566. We are available 24 hours a day.
3) Mail: To enroll by mail, simply print out and complete
the enrollment
form and send payment and enrollee photo to the
address listed on the form. You may also phone 1.888.572.8566
to have an enrollment form mailed to you.
When enrolling online or by phone, you will be asked to
provide the following information:
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Enrollees' name and contact information
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Enrollee's identifying characteristics (height, weight,
eye color, distinguishing marks and characteristics,
etc.)
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Enrollee's EXACT wrist measurement in inches (required
when ordering a bracelet)
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Up to three contact names, addresses and phone numbers
(more can be added, if necessary)
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Local law enforcement information (address, phone and fax
numbers)
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Credit card number and expiration date
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Safe Return
enrollment form in other languages
Enrollment form in Chinese: download
PDF
Enrollment form in Korean: download
PDF
Enrollment form in Polish: download
PDF
Enrollment form in Russian: download
PDF
Enrollment form in Spanish: download
PDF
Enrollment form in Vietnamese: download
PDF
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More information
For more information about wandering and Safe Return, see
the resources below or contact your local Alzheimer's
Association office.
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