Proposal to tag, track Alzheimer’s patients
December 28th, 2007From the [UK] Telegraph, [UK] Guardian:
The Alzheimer Society in Britain is proposing an initiative that could lead to satellite tracking of tens of thousands of people in the early stages of the degenerative disease. A national debate is anticipated.
The charity said about 700,000 people in Britain had some form of dementia and up to 60 percent occasionally felt compelled to walk away from home without knowing how or where to return. This exposed them to danger and caused anxiety among relatives and carers.
Tracking technology was “particularly suitable” for people in the early stages of dementia, who could make an informed decision about whether to wear a tag, the society said.
It found some older people regarded electronic monitoring as an infringement of civil liberties, while others welcomed the greater freedom of movement that tagging could bring.
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