Iowa IACP’s Alzheimer’s INITIATIVES Bureau of Justice Assistance U.S. Department of Justice www.theiacp.org/alzheimers CONSIDER THESE STATISTICS THAT WILL IMPACT YOUR COMMUNITY: STATE ALERTING SYSTEM: ENDANGERED PERSON ADVISORY Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and currently someone develops the disease every 67 seconds. With the aging population, as many as 16 million people will have this debilitating disease by 2050. Run by: Iowa Department of Public Safety Over 60% of Alzheimer’s patients will wander or become lost and seven out of ten people with Alzheimer’s live within the community. HELPFUL RESOURCES: For criteria for issuing this alert go to: tinyurl.com/ IA-EndangeredPersonAdvisory POPULATION OVER AGE 65 IN IOWA (2013): For Iowa’s State Clearinghouse of Missing Persons: 482,104 IOWA MISSING PERSON INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE Website: www.iowaonline.state.ia.us/mpic/ Phone: 1-800-346-5507 For information on state programming for seniors: IOWA DEPARTMENT ON AGING IOWA’S PROJECTED POPULATION WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: 73,000 66,000 62,000 www.aging.iowa.gov For information on Alzheimer’s disease and to contact your local chapter for resources and support services for caregivers: ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION Website: www.alz.org 24/7 Helpline: 1-800-272-3900 YEAR 2014 2020 For more information on IACP’s Alzheimer’s Initiatives and for tools and resources, please visit www.theiacp.org/alzheimers 2025
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