Evaluating a Wearable Tracking System for Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia With Wandering Concerns

Persons living with Alzheimer's Disease or Related dementias will wear the Care Companion smartwatch for approximately one month (stage I) or 6 months (stage 2). The Caretakers will utilize the smart phone application (app) to monitor the person wearing the watch and be alerted to elopements. The system will notify a caregiver if the person with dementia leaves a defined area (e.g., the home) via the application. In the tether mode (e.g., outside of the home), the system monitors the distance between the smartwatch and the caregiver's smartphone. When a separation distance exceeds a set threshold, the application will alert the caregiver and start tracking the location of the person with dementia by displaying the person's position on the caregiver's smartphone.