MedicAlert Outreach Programs

Safe & Found 

Roughly 60% of people with dementia will wander at least once, and many will do so repeatedly. Safe & Found subscribers wear a special blue MedicAlert ID that identifies them to First Responders as having dementia and provides access to critical health information and caregiver contact details. 

Are you a caregiver to someone living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia? Learn how MedicAlert’s Safe & Found Program can help bring your loved one home safe and unharmed.

MedicAlert Kids

Empower your child with MedicAlert Kids, our paid subscription program and ID especially for kids with chronic health conditions! By joining MedicAlert Kids, your little hero becomes part of the MedicAlert SuperSquad—learning to advocate for their health, promote inclusion, and educate others.

Explore more under the MedicAlert Kids umbrella including S.A.F.E. (Students Assisting Friends Everywhere): A school-based curriculum resource that helps children learn about health literacy. 

Is your child ready to start their MedicAlertKids adventure?

IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity in Action) Program 

The Inclusion, Diversity, Equity in Action (IDEA) Program is MedicAlert’s charitable assistance program. Across Canada, there are hundreds of thousands of people who have a wide range of barriers when it comes to accessing health care services. These social determinants of health range from gender and race, to homelessness and food insecurity. Our goal is to promote health and reduce inequities in accessing the MedicAlert service among marginalized and underserved populations. Your gift helps make this possible.

Connect Protect Program 

Our Connect Protect Program is built specifically for the first response community. It provides in-depth training on our services and teaches police, fire fighters and paramedics the specifics about condition-specific IDs and what to do in those circumstances.

Nearly 40 percent of MedicAlert's 24/7 Hotline calls are for people who wander and go missing or need de-escalation support. Connect Protect gives search and rescue teams direct, secure access to our Subscriber Health Information Database, to access information such as a person's wandering history, triggers and de-escalations that can be helpful in situations where individuals with autism, acquired brain injury or other cognitive health conditions could be triggered. If you are a first responder, or if you are interested in knowing if Connect Protect is available in your community, click the link below.