South Shore police services changing response to domestic violence involving dementia
Reported byCBC Health ↗·Sourced by Goodlede
RCMP and the Bridgewater Police Service in Nova Scotia launched the Silver Guardian Program last week to handle an increasing number of domestic violence calls involving someone with dementia. The program offers alternative pathways to the justice system, allowing police to connect at-risk individuals to support services and ask prosecutors not to pursue charges when dementia is involved.
The program is newly launched; its long-term effectiveness in reducing harm or improving outcomes for affected families is not yet measured.
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