Daily Archives: February 16, 2017

VIDEO- driving with Alzheimer’s

The dangers of driving with Alzheimer’s, a safe alternative to driving is walking and having a pair of wander guard GPS SmartSoles. Peace of mind, safety and security knowing your loved one can be easily found if they get lost. Published on Jun 23, 2013 Watch how memory problems caused by Alzheimer’s make driving unsafe. See this great video to open up the discussion with family members, friends and patients. Here are 15 signs it may be time to stop driving: 1. Driving too slowly or too fast 2. Receiving traffic tickets 3. Being honked at or yelled at by other drivers 4. Becoming upset or angry while driving 5. Dents, dings or scraped paint on the car, mailbox or garage 6. Misunderstanding or not noticing signs on the road 7. Getting lost in familiar places 8. Stopping at a green light 9. Changing lanes without looking 10. Drifting into […]

Entrepreneur of the Week: Patrick Bertagna, GTX Corp | The Longevity Network

February 16, 2017 | Entrepreneur Spotlight, Caregiver Quality of Life, Health and Safety Awareness GTX Corp — an acronym for Global Trek Xploration — was an early player in the location-tracking wearable tech market. When it was founded in 2002, as the name suggests, GTX was originally focused on outdoor adventurers, but they now operate in a much broader market: anyone looking to keep track of a person or other valuable.  In early 2015, they launched a product specifically aimed at helping caregivers keep track of their loved ones with dementia, Alzeimers or other conditions that cause a person to wander. They now offer a suite of products they describe as an IoT Personal Location Services (PLS) platform. These products use patented tracking methods to provide continuous, real-time location coordinates rendered on a map on a GTX portal. GTX Corp is a holding company that owns and operates two subsidiaries and has been publicly […]

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