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That whoosh is the sound of joy leaving a care giver of an Autism or Alzheimer’s victim.

Dementia robs more than the memories of its victims. It shrivels their health and the very purpose of life leaving the afflicted and their care givers joyless. Just looking at someone with advanced dementia is positively heart breaking. If you … 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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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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Millions of seniors with dementia will wander in search of their lost memories. While we can’t find those remembrances, we can find the lost victims themselves.

The Mayo Clinic describes Alzheimer’s and the problem of Wandering: The disease can erase a person’s memory of once-familiar surroundings, as well as make it extremely difficult to adapt to new surroundings. As a result, people who have Alzheimer’s may … 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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You need not get lost searching for an answer to the “where is” question that the millions of caregivers have been asking.

After nine years of research and development, GTX Corp (GTXO.OB) and its partner Aetrex Worldwide have brought to the consumer market a solution for people who wander – a GPS Shoe Continue reading

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The world will be better for it.

If one ever questioned if there was a payback for all of the trillions of dollars invested in space satellites, celestial navigation, computers and the internet, watch this clip from the CBS Early Show. In the not too distant future our nation is … Continue reading

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Here I am, there I go and now you know. My GPS told you so.

GTXCorp continues to offer its patented 2-way GPS people finding solutions – including its life saving GPS Smart Shoe through Aetrex Worldwide – that instantly locates the victims of Alzheimer’s Disease that have eloped or wandered from their caregivers. Continue reading

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Wearable medical devices market to expand through broad adoption of smartphone

The market for wearable medical devices over the next five years will reach more than 100 million units annually driven by consumer and healthcare adoption, according to ABI Research. ABI Research’s report, “Wireless Health and Fitness,” assesses the market opportunity … Continue reading

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