My Way Finder Wireless Way-Finding Devices for Wanderers

描述（申请人摘要）：该项目将确定可行性 将现有的可穿戴监测设备与新的创新技术相结合， 结合了无线功能和全球定位的互联网技术 系统这些技术的结合将产生一个原型 无线寻路监视器，我的路，针对老年人谁是 DAT（Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type）老年痴呆症 表现出流浪行为并需要空间帮助的老年人 诸如导航或找到回家的路之类的信息将使用 得到的装置。对于患有早期至中期痴呆症的老年人， 将提高安全性，有助于提高老年人的独立性， 生活品质此外，该设备可能会减少 护理人员的负担和压力，因此该设备也支持护理人员 和DAT患者一样 拟定商业应用： 老年痴呆症患者健康监测器的潜在市场 是巨大的。 我们的目标人群很大，超过300万 国内的家庭。 我们的目标是老年人健康市场， 快速增长到2030年。

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract): This project will determine the feasibility of integrating existing wearable monitoring devices with a new innovative Internet technology that combines wireless capabilities and global positioning system. The combination of these technologies would result in a prototype wireless way-finding monitor, My Way Finder, targeted for the elderly who are inflicted with DAT (Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type). Seniors that exhibit wandering behaviors and need assistance with spatial information such as navigating or finding their way back home would use the resulting device. For seniors with early to middle stage dementia, the device would improve safety, help to increase the senior's independence and enhance the quality of life. In addition, this device could potentially decrease caregiver burdens and stress, so that the device supports the caregiver as well as the person with DAT. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The potential market for health monitors for people with dementia of the Alzheimer's Type is immense. The populations we are targeting are large and touch more than 3 million households in the country. We are targeting the elder health market, which is expected to grow rapidly until 2030.