GPS Shoes to Track Alzheimer's Patients

Shoe-maker and tech firm team up
By Amelia Atlas,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 7, 2009 4:38 PM CDT
GPS Shoes to Track Alzheimer's Patients
Two companies are teaming up to make 'GPS shoes' for Alzheimer's patients.   (Shutter Stock)

Two companies are developing GPS-trackable footwear to essentially LoJack Alzheimer's patients, AFP reports. The shoes will spot their location within 30 feet "anywhere on the planet," said a consultant. Sixty percent of Alzheimer's sufferers wander off at least once during the disease, he said, but most retain enough memory to put on their shoes in the morning.
(More Alzheimer's disease stories.)

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