Kim I. Hartman
Digital Journal
November 1, 2011
A newly marketed shoe with a built-in global positioning system has become the latest tool available to quickly track seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia sufferers who wander away from their homes and loved ones.
The Alzheimer’s Association reports sixty percent of individuals affected by Alzheimer’s will wander away and get lost at least once during the progression of the memory robbing disease, one-in-seven of these seniors will get lost more than once, with many becoming unaware of their surroundings multiple times.
Finding them quickly is crucial to the safety and well-being of an individual afflicted with Alzheimer’s or dementia. The latest tool in keeping up with your loved one who may become disoriented and confused is shoes that track the wearer through a GPS device embedded in the sole.
The shoe manufacturer, GTX Corp. says the shoes will bring you “piece of mind” in the event a family member or someone in your care becomes lost. The GPS tracking device can locate a missing loved one within 37 feet of their location at anytime using a downloadable Internet program and can be set up to send an alert if the person leaves a predesignated safe zone.
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