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    GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients

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    Image of infmom infmom
    06/10/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    My father died from complications of Alzheimers. He was in a nursing home the last couple years of his life. All the doors to the outside had locks, where you had to enter in a code to get in and a code to get out. That did cut down considerably on the wandering-away, but boy, was it jarring the first time I encountered it.


    I don't think having the tracker implanted in shoes is a good idea. As others have noted, the person who would wander away would not necessarily put on shoes to do it. Perhaps something like a Medic Alert bracelet, which doesn't come off easily, would be a better idea. I suspect if there's enough of a market for bracelets with chips, Medic Alert would sell them. Although going by what they charge for their watch, the price might not be comfortable for a lot of people. (Not to disparage Medic Alert; I've worn one of their tags since 1986 and they are a fine organization.)

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    Image of LuckyLakey LuckyLakey
    06/09/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    Lets just skip the nonsense and barcode them and implant a chip.
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    06/10/09

    @LuckyLakey: Tell em Alex!
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    06/09/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    Great idea, except most Alzheimer's patients end up in a nursing home and would most likely not always be wearing their shoes. Why not incorporate it into a medical alert bracelet that may be more difficult to remove? Sounds like I need a patent.
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    06/10/09

    @madara: Medic Alert has a bracelet designed for Alzheimers patients, but no, they haven't put a chip in it yet.
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    06/09/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    Also, if you ever encounter an Alzheimer's patient who doesn't remember anything, have them dial a phone. Just have them dial it. Most times they will dial a familiar number w/o thinking about it, and it can be a first step to tracking their identity down.
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    06/09/09

    @GitEmSteveDave: That is a fascinatingly useful piece of information!
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    06/09/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    We got something like this for my grandpa.


    Turned out he had been wandering off to a little place called "Angel Delight!"

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    06/09/09

    In reply to GPS Shoes Help Locate Wandering Alzheimer's Patients
    This could help me find my shoes. I dont have alzheimers, I just misplace my shoes sometimes. Its like they walk away on their own.
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    01/20/09

    In reply to Terry Pratchett Battles Alzheimer's With Retro-Futurist Headgear
    i hope it's better that the one invented in the 80's


    oh, you knew it was coming...

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    01/20/09

    In reply to Terry Pratchett Battles Alzheimer's With Retro-Futurist Headgear
    Best part of Alzheimer's? You get to meet new people everyday!
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    01/20/09

    @wjousts:

    I'm sorry, but my opinion concerning disease jokes is if you don't got it you shouldn't make jokes about it.
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    01/20/09

    @JesusDeSaad: Stephen Lynch's Full-Blown AIDS would probably not tickle your fancy.
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    01/20/09

    In reply to Terry Pratchett Battles Alzheimer's With Retro-Futurist Headgear
    But if you have Alzheimers will you remember to use it?
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    01/20/09

    @Curves: Or you might forgot that you used it and end up doing it over and over again.
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    Image of TerryinSt.Paul TerryinSt.Paul
    01/20/09

    In reply to Terry Pratchett Battles Alzheimer's With Retro-Futurist Headgear
    Is this the beginning of the Borg?
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    01/20/09

    @TerryinSt.Paul: No, just the Matrix.
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