A Silver Alert is issued for a missing adult who has dementia or a mental disability. The person must be:

A Silver Alert is issued for a missing adult who has dementia or a mental disability. The person must be:

• A. Either 60 or older, or 18 to 59 with lacking capacity of consent and irreversible intellectual faculties.
• B. Under 18 with any mental disability.
• C. Over 90 years old only.
• D. Any age with memory lapse.

Answer: (A)

Silver Alert is meant for vulnerable adults who can’t care for themselves due to cognitive impairment, such as dementia. The qualifying criteria focus on age and the severity of impairment: the person must be 60 or older, or between 18 and 59 with a cognitive or mental disability that leaves them unable to consent and with irreversible intellectual faculties. This ensures alerts are used when there’s a real safety risk and the individual can’t reliably navigate or make safe decisions on their own. The other options don’t fit because Silver Alerts are not for minors, aren’t limited to those over 90 specifically, and a memory lapse alone doesn’t meet the required level of impairment or legal capacity.

Silver Alert is meant for vulnerable adults who can’t care for themselves due to cognitive impairment, such as dementia. The qualifying criteria focus on age and the severity of impairment: the person must be 60 or older, or between 18 and 59 with a cognitive or mental disability that leaves them unable to consent and with irreversible intellectual faculties. This ensures alerts are used when there’s a real safety risk and the individual can’t reliably navigate or make safe decisions on their own. The other options don’t fit because Silver Alerts are not for minors, aren’t limited to those over 90 specifically, and a memory lapse alone doesn’t meet the required level of impairment or legal capacity.