GPS Technology Trialled as Dementia Patient Tracking Tool
Date: Monday, April 29 @ 17:51:30 UTC
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GPS is best known for being integrated in satellite navigation systems, but the uses for the technology is broadening by the day.
The technology recently hit the headlines after it was incorporated into a bra capable of delivering a 3,800v electric shock to potential assailants following attacks in Delhi.
And now GPS technology is being trialled in Surrey as an innovative tool to track people with dementia should they get lost.
A pioneering Vega watch containing a SIM card has been developed specifically for dementia patients so that they can be easily located by carers or family members using a phone or computer.
As well as allowing relatives and carers to see on an online map where the wearer is at any given time, an alert is triggered from a 24-hour monitoring centre if the patient strays beyond previously defined 'safe' boundaries.
The watch, crafted by Finnish company Everon, also features an emergency button which allows the wearer to alert the centre if necessary, who will then send help out to the location.
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