The Best GPS Trackers for Dementia Patients
Seniors who live with dementia experience disorientation which erases their memory temporarily or permanently. This causes them to forget familiar faces and places, often leading to their wandering off. At least 60 percent of those with dementia will wander. Wandering may lead to serious injury or even death, posing a major concern to caregivers or family members of the dementia patient.
Fortunately, Osmile’s new and innovative ED1000 GPS tracker is designed to serve caregivers while keeping dementia patients safe. Osmile ED1000 lifesaving location device is integrated with GPS tracking technology, allowing dementia patients to be found whenever they wander off outside defined areas. Osmile ED1000 can assist families, caregivers to determine the approximately accurate location of a lost dementia patient.
Below listed some important key features about Osmile ED1000:
1. Location Speaker:
Osmile ED1000 comes with a location speaker, as well as a visual and loud beeping alarm to locate the dementia patient more efficiently at all time.
2. GPS Positioning
Osmile ED1000 displays the wearer’s real-time location on Google Maps, providing the exact location of the wearer, including street address and zip code.
3. Geofencing
Osmile ED1000 allows caregivers to customize the range in which the wearer can travel before an alert is issued. Alerts and location requests are provided on an unlimited basis through cell phone texts notification at all time.
4. Historical Path
Osmile ED1000 provides the wearer’s location history, for caregivers to track the patient more efficiently
5. Accessories
Osmile ED1000 GPS tracker comes in a form of watch, necklace-style lanyard, or retractable key chain with belt clip, to fit different preferences of dementia patients.
6. SOS Panic Button instead of Automatic Fall detection
Automatic fall detection is a technology, which not so mature yet, often have many misjudgment. Hence we recommend caregiver educate the dementia patients to press SOS panic button instead of fall detection when they are in danger.
The Trend
Dementia is a significant issue among the elderly and is a growing problem. Approximately 5.7 million seniors in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s, and , and that number is expected to increase to 14 million by 2050. Caregiver demands will also increase, making GPS trackers a highly valuable device in the face of this growing issue.
Osmile ED1000 provides most reliable GPS tracking option for you and your loved one. Osmile ED1000 GPS tracker is often preferable to general medical alert devices because they do not require a dementia patient to push an alert button to be tracked by the caregiver or receive help. Instead, caregivers can access the device’s location without any action required of the dementia patient. With Osmile ED1000 GPS tracker, dementia patients can retain some sense of independence and normalcy. At the same time, caregivers can rest assured knowing that they will be alerted in the event of potential harm to the patient.