GPS Shoes Make For Easy Location of Wandering Alzheimer’s Patients

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10 Jun 2009

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The tendency of Alzheimer’s sufferers to wander and become lost can be quite frightening both for the sufferers themselves and for the people who care for them. It is a behavior that is exhibited by some 60% of all sufferers, thus a tracking solution would seem to be a good idea and putting it in a pair of shoes as Aetrex Worldwide and GTS Corp have done makes a whole lot of sense.

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Aetrex Worldwide and GTS Corp claim that the transmitters in their shoes will lead carers or family members to within 30 feet of the wandering patient. [Physorg via Gear Diary, Craziest Gadgets]

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