More than 60 per cent of people who have dementia will start to start to wander off. In some cases, a sufferer becomes confused and does not return as expected to their home or nursing home.

Caregivers have turned to AirTag tracking devices after finding other methods of monitoring people with dementia aren't a fit, or are too expensive. Christopher Sadowski A popular device used to ...

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Although tagging dementia patients with tracking devices could help protect them from getting lost or hurt, ... "If it makes people safe, ...

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) -- Police in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale are hoping to reduce the time it takes to find missing people diagnosed with dementia by providing patients with tracking devices.

Frisco Company Pioneers Tracking Technology for People Dementia, Autism Wristwatch-like device can track wandering people through 911 grid By Catherine Ross • Published May 16, 2012 • Updated ...

Out of the 15 participants, Fox said only one person has tried to remove the device. However, she said the trackers shouldn’t be seen as the end-all solution to deal with a wandering relative.

Two thousand people were reported missing in DeKalb County last year. Captain Theodore Golden said more than 100 had Alzheimer's, dementia or some other cognitive disorder. Those searches often ...

LONDON A British police force is hoping to save time and money by giving a few dementia patients GPS tracking devices, a technique already used by health and welfare agencies but condemned by some ...

Free and safe tracking devices are available to Cincinnati families with a loved one who has Alzheimer's, dementia or autism.The offering is part of the GRASP program, run through the Cincinnati ...

Police could give elderly dementia patients TRACKING devices to help find them if they wander off. ... There are thought to be around 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, ...