sunlit_music | Mylife device helps wanderers with dementia (Reply)

From Medical Searh Online: http://www.medicalsearch.com.au/Features/A-watchful-eye-on-dementia-sufferers-with-MyLife-6773

This month Signature Security Group (SSG), one of Australia’s leading security companies, will launch a wearable device called the MyLife inTouch GPS Personal Locator, designed to help carers ensure their dementia patients don’t get lost.

MyLife inTouch is the industry’s leading location solution and is based on the latest easy-to-wear device, Global Positioning System (GPS) software that can pinpoint a person’s location to within 10 metres, and a personal 24x7 emergency response service.

While dementia is more prevalent in people aged over 65 it can also affect people in their 30s, 40s and 50s**. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s but it can also be caused by mental illness, Down Syndrome, stroke, Parkinson’s and vascular conditions such as emphysema.

Similar in size and shape to a large wristwatch, the MyLife inTouch GPS Personal Locator is easy to wear, water-resistant and durable. The strap can be locked to prevent the wearer from removing it and the long-life battery can last up to three days in the home or six-to-eight hours when an Alert is activated.

In addition the device has two-way speech capability so family members and carers can easily keep in touch with the dementia sufferer.

"Giving someone who is suffering from dementia the freedom to walk out in the garden or to their local shops without risk of them becoming lost, can improve their quality of life and extend the time they can be in their own home or a low-care facility," said Jowett.

How brilliant is that? :D This device is going to be available soon!Once it's out on the market, people with dementia have more freedom and can do the things they want without geting lost! Plus, carers and health workers can get on with their lives and focus on other things without having to worry about a client's safety.