Emergency officials and law enforcement officers are increasingly responding to calls about people with dementia in crisis. The degenerative brain disease can cause disruptive or sometimes violent behaviors.
Now, a new San Diego County-led Alzheimer’s Response Team, serving East County, is stepping in to steer people to appropriate services, instead of emergency rooms or jails.
The team is so effective it could expand to other regions, said County Supervisor Dianne Jacob, who gathered with health officials and community members on Wednesday to announced the progress.
"The whole goal here is to keep those who are in crisis in the home and improve their lives, educate the family and the loved ones that have the responsibility of taking care of these individuals,” Jacob said.
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