Bobby Fields (right), program coordinator for the Alzheimer's Association Eastern Tennessee Chapter, and Connie Evans, sales and marketing manager of Sterling House in Maryville, talk about the Safe Return program and the upcoming free sign up for dementia patients and their caregivers.

Line of defense: Program helps locate lost Alzheimer's patients

10:11 PM - Statistics show that as many as 60 percent of dementia patients will wander away from home or their caregivers and get lost. The Alzheimer's Association has a program that can help should that ever happen to your family. Read more...

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