Finding Your Way® and Locating Technology
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Presenter:
Lili Liu, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Cathy Conway, Director Quality Management & Education, Alzheimer Society of Ontario
Summary:
The Alzheimer Society of Ontario's Finding Your Way® program has partnered with the University of Alberta to create a website where people can learn about living safely in the community.
60 percent of people with dementia-related memory problems become lost at some point. For many people, getting lost happens without warning. Familiar surroundings may suddenly become strange to them. They get disoriented and are unable to find their way home. Becoming lost isn’t just distressing; it can be dangerous. Half the people with dementia who go missing for 24 hours end up seriously injured or dead.
The new site, hosted on the Alzheimer Society of Ontario’s website, provides categorized, user-friendly and easy to compare information on locator devices.
This webinar will discuss Finding Your Way® and the research behind locating technology and its impact on people living with dementia and their caregivers.
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The brainXchange is a network of people dedicated to improving quality of life and supports for persons with or at risk of having brain-health needs related to dementia, mental health and neurological conditions related to aging or have experienced brain health changes earlier in life that are now more complex with aging.