| As more adults are choosing to have their aging | | | | Independent living for seniors is an important part of |
| parents live with them, we run into issues around | | | | the aging process. Imagine what it would be like to |
| keeping them safe but still allowing them their | | | | have total control over your life for 60 plus years |
| independence. Alzheimer's for most people is a slow | | | | and then slowly start losing this control. It is not an |
| process, which means that for many years your | | | | easy thing for people to adjust to, and the transition |
| parent may be quite capable of getting around on | | | | process can be painful. For the most part, early |
| their own - but it eventually slips into the time when | | | | Alzheimer patients can be outside working in the |
| it is not as safe for them to roam. | | | | garden or taking a walk in the neighbourhood without |
| One of the tools that prove to be quite handy when | | | | incident. The problem is that you do not know when |
| you are at the in-between stages is a GPS | | | | your loved one will all of a sudden forget where they |
| Alzheimer's bracelet. This is a bracelet that tracks a | | | | live or which direction they need to go. This has |
| person's movement and location with 10 second | | | | happened countless times, we hear it in the news all |
| updates. If you find that your parent has wandered | | | | too often - families out looking for someone who has |
| off, you can turn the tracker on and be aware of | | | | wandered off and not come home. |
| their location within seconds. The peace of mind that | | | | Find the tools that can help relieve your stress and |
| comes with an independent living aid like this is | | | | can help find your family member if they do become |
| immeasurable. | | | | lost and disoriented. |