Massachusetts House and Senate Passes Legislation to Protect and Return Wandering Elders with Alzheimer's BOSTON, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Association announced that passage of legislation today by the State Senate to establish a Silver Alert program will help hundreds of thousands in Massachusetts.

New study questions effectiveness of national Silver Alert program OXFORD, Ohio, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of Miami University researchers studying the national Silver Alert program for locating missing adults with dementia or other cognitive impairments question the program's effectiveness and safety, given the speed in which it's being implemented throughout the country.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation this week backed by the Assisted Living Federation of America to help law enforcement quickly locate missing seniors. The National Silver Alert Act (H.R.

By Lorenzo Perez, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Dec. 19--RALEIGH -- The state will introduce an alert program today to help law enforcement agencies find wandering adults with Alzheimer's disease, dementia or other cognitive disabilities who have been reported missing.