A group of seventh-grade students from the EAST Program at Pottsville Junior High School in Arkansas created QR code keychains and tags for the Dardanelle Regional Senior Behavioral Health program. These QR codes help quickly identify missing seniors and contact their caregivers. When scanned, the QR code allows the person who finds the senior to submit location and contact information, which is sent to the program to help reunite them.

Tiffany Horton, RN, the Admissions and Community Education Coordinator for the Senior Behavioral Health program at Dardanelle Regional, is the initial contact for assistance. Horton said the tags and key chains will be given to inpatients and outpatients who receive assistance through the Dardanelle Regional program which provides care for seniors experiencing symptoms of dementia and other disorders affecting their mental health.   

Inspired by the rise in missing seniors on social media, the students spent two months developing the QR codes with support from the school’s Information Technology program and senior health experts. On January 29, they presented 30 QR code keychains and tags to the program’s staff.

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