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Tracking Bracelets Rescue Alzheimer's Patients Who Wander

Kristi Marie Gott
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Kristi has been a family caregiver and also for 30 years she...

Kristi Marie Gott

Friday, December 28, 2007
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Using a Project Lifesaver tracking bracelet can keep an Alzheimer's patient who might wander safe.  Recently, a local family in my town, Pismo Beach, California, was able to breathe a sigh of relief after their missing relative, an Alzheimer's sufferer, was found 20 m...
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    Sue
    Monday, December 31, 2007 at 10:31 PM

    This sounds like a crucial tool in helping caregivers and patients with the effects of Alzheimer's. 

     

    Anyone who is looking to find out more information on this, you can go to the Project Lifesaver site.

     

    Thanks for this information -  all the best, smm  

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    Kristi Marie Gott
    Monday, December 31, 2007 at 10:53 PM

    Thank you SMM for the comment.  It's so important for the safety of Alzheimer's patients who might wander to have safety precautions in place.

     

    Kristi

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