Contribution: SAR NIF - Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund
University of Waterloo
$2,147,740.00
Managing Risks of Going Missing among Persons Living with Dementia by Building Capacities of SAR Personnel, First Responders, and Communities
FY 2021-22 · 2021-06-15
Summary
This project builds capacities, partnerships and coordination of SAR personnel, first responders, and communities to manage risks of going missing among persons living with dementia.
Department
Program
SAR NIF - Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund
Recipient
Location
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
As published
Additional Information
File Number: EM-9101-22005
Additional Information (French)
Numéro de dossier: EM-9101-22005
Agreement End Date
2024-06-30
Agreement Number
22005
Agreement Start Date
2021-06-15
Agreement Title
Managing Risks of Going Missing among Persons Living with Dementia by Building Capacities of SAR Personnel, First Responders, and Communities
Agreement Title (French)
Managing Risks of Going Missing among Persons Living with Dementia by Building Capacities of SAR Personnel, First Responders, and Communities
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$2,147,740.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
This project builds capacities, partnerships and coordination of SAR personnel, first responders, and communities to manage risks of going missing among persons living with dementia.
Description (French)
Ce projet renforce les capacités, les partenariats et la coordination du personnel de recherche et de sauvetage, des premiers intervenants et des collectivités afin de gérer les risques de disparition chez les personnes atteintes de démence.
Expected Results
Accessible, interactive, customizable, and evidence-based educational resources (e.g., webinars, videos) and practice guidelines for SAR and first responders; Toolkit for community organizations, PLWD, care partners, and health providers. A description of profiles and behaviours of PLWD who go missing to inform prevention programs, policies, SAR tactics and training. A best practice guide for return home interviews. A national dialogue culminating in public health policy briefs that can be used in the creation of a national approach for alert systems.
Expected Results (French)
Des ressources éducatives accessibles, interactives, personnalisables et factuelles (p. ex., webinaires, vidéos) et des lignes directrices pour la pratique de recherche et de sauvetage et des premiers intervenants; boîte à outils pour les organismes communautaires, les personnes atteintes de démence, les partenaires de soins et les fournisseurs de soins de santé. Une description des profils et des comportements des personnes atteintes de démence qui disparaissent pour informer les programmes de prévention, les policiers, les tactiques de RS et la formation. Un guide de pratiques exemplaires pour les entrevues de retour au pays. Un dialogue national aboutissant à des mémoires sur les politiques de santé publique qui peuvent être utilisés dans la création d'une approche nationale pour les systèmes d'alerte.
Federal Riding
Waterloo
Federal Riding Number
35112
Organization Code
ps-sp
Organization
Public Safety Canada | Sécurité publique Canada
Program Name
SAR NIF - Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund
Program Name (French)
FNI de RS - Fonds des nouvelles initiatives de recherche et de sauvetage
Program Purpose
SAR NIF provides annual funding for projects that will improve the National Search and Rescue Program. SAR NIF projects must address at least one of the National SAR Program Annual Priorities.
Program Purpose (French)
Le FNI de R-S fournit un financement annuel aux projets destinés à améliorer le Programme national de recherche et de sauvetage (PNRS). Les projets du FNI de R-S doivent être en lien avec au moins une des priorités annuelles du PNRS.
Recipient City
Waterloo
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
University of Waterloo
Recipient Operating Name
Université de Waterloo
Recipient Postal Code
N2L 3G1
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
S
Reference Number
088-2021-2022-Q1-00015