Many Alzheimer’s patients are involved in wandering incidents. They wander away from their caretakers or residence and often get lost. Two companies (one a tech company, one a shoe manufacturer) are teaming up to create GPS shoes that could make is possible to locate such patients immediately (and even notify caretakers or loved ones if/when an Alzheimer’s sufferer wanders beyond a virtual fence).
“The technology will provide the location of the individual wearing the shoes within 30 feet, anywhere on the planet,” said Andrew Carle, an assistant professor at George Mason University who served as an advisor on the project.
“Sixty percent of individuals afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease will be involved in a ‘critical wandering incident’ at least once during the progression of the disease — many more than once,” he said Friday.
