Schumer seeks $16M for Alzheimer's Silver Alert system
Photo credit: Getty Images | Sen. Charles Schumer (Sept. 29, 2009)
Schumer to sponsor the national 'Silver Alert Act'
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Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday that $16 million would be needed to create a national alert system for locating Alzheimer's disease sufferers, who wander and risk serious injury or death.
A notification program, called the Silver Alert system, has been created in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The network is similar to the national Amber Alert system, designed to help locate abducted or missing...
