Category Archives: Nana Technology

Why GPS Shoes are the Ideal Solution for Wanderers

The Aetrex GPS Shoes, powered by GTX Corp, feature the latest GPS tracking technology embedded in the base of the right heel, providing real-time tracking. At frequent and specific time intervals, the GPS tracking device sends a signal to the central … Continue reading

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Half of All Children With Autism Wander and Bolt

About 1 in 88 children has been identified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. The wandering and elopement survey found that approximately half of parents of children with … Continue reading

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Nearly half of children with ASD between the ages of 4 and 10 bolt, wander or elope.

The autism community uses many terms to describe the fact that children and dependent adults with ASD depart safe spaces to put themselves in harm’s way. A mother might say her son “is a runner” or that he “bolts” when … Continue reading

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GPS Shoe Gives Alzheimer’s Caregivers An In-A-Minute Head’s Up.

GTX Corp, working with Aetrex Worldwide has developed the first GPS enabled walking shoe affording care givers in-a-minute alerts and real-time locates of wandering victims that are wearing the “Navigators.” Continue reading

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Aetrex Navistar GPS Footwear System On Air – News 12 NJ

Source: NEW 12 NJ NJ company offers GPS-enabled shoes for those with Alzheimer’s (04/05/12) TEANECK - A Teaneck-based shoe company has a solution to keep track of loved ones with Alzheimer’s.Aetrex has released a GPS-enabled shoe that allows family members … Continue reading

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How to find someone with Alzheimer’s that is lost in a minute.

“When trying to find missing dementia patients, avoid logical deductions such as where a person might be going,” said Dr. Meredeth Rowe, an associate professor at the University of Florida’s College of Nursing and continued; “They have no mind-set. If … Continue reading

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Dementia behind bars.

The get-tough-on-crime and mandatory sentencing policies that swept America beginning in the 1970s did more than drive up the inmate population and prison costs. They also ensured that inmates who once might have been seen as rehabilitated and given parole … Continue reading

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For those afflicted with Alzheimer’s, a walk may bring them one step closer to death.

GPS enabled tracking shoes developed by GTX Corp and marketed by Aetrex Worlwide Continue reading

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Getting lost is the least of the problem.

Nearly 12 million of us take care of the 5.6 million Americans with the Alzheimer’s disease, a number that’s expected to increase to 16 million by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Assn. The burden of care-taking places tremendous pressure on … Continue reading

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Teaneck company’s GPS shoe helps track Alzheimer’s patients

A Teaneck shoe maker has joined with a California technology company to create a shoe that uses GPS technology that records where a wearer walks – and can send alerts to caregivers if someone suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia … Continue reading

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