Electronic Location Reporting for Individuals With Alzheimers Disease and other D

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的工作旨在评估一种无线电子定位系统，用于报告阿尔茨海默病和其他痴呆症患者(ADOD)的位置，这些人往往会走动或私奔。这对照顾者来说是一个非常令人烦恼和例行公事的问题，有时会给可能走失的个人带来身体上的危险和情绪上的压力。该系统包括一个创新的可穿戴电子导航单元，它可以在室内和室外位置向照顾者持续报告个人的位置，而无论GPS覆盖范围如何。该装置是专门为解决非结构化室内和室外环境中行人任意运动的复杂问题而设计的。该系统还可以与其他社区和国家安全网络(如Silver Alert)集成，对于在紧急情况下快速定位个人非常有价值。在之前的工作中，我们为自闭症社区设计了一个初步的设备，得到了照顾者、自闭症风险管理专业人员和研究人员的意见。我们目前正在开发该设备，几个原型已经准备好在这项针对阿尔茨海默氏症的拟议工作中进行评估。在第一阶段，一个焦点小组计划为阿尔茨海默氏症特定用户完善要求。在……里面 在第二阶段，原型将在一个大范围的试点测试计划中进行测试，以评估和确定该系统在帮助照顾者快速定位阿尔茨海默氏症患者方面的有效性。我们的目标是通过该SBIR项目中的重点评估和测试过程，加快这些设备向用户的过渡，产生可投放市场的设备以及相关的用户手册和教育材料。作为商业化战略的一部分，一项平行的(非SBIR)努力正在进行，以建立与患者倡导团体和用户团体的关系，并对他们进行关于该系统的教育。 公共卫生相关性：患有认知障碍(如阿尔茨海默氏症和自闭症)的人往往会经常走失或私奔，远离他们的照顾者。这对照顾者来说是一个非常令人烦恼的问题，有时还会给流浪的个人带来身体和情感上的危险。我们建议对阿尔茨海默氏症社区用户的电子位置报告系统进行评估，该系统由一个可穿戴的电子导航单元组成，该单元可以在室内和室外位置向照顾者持续报告个人的位置。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed effort is aimed at the evaluation of a wireless electronic location system for reporting the location of individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementia (ADOD), who tend to wander or elope. This is a very vexing and routine problem for caregivers, and sometimes results in physical danger and emotional stress to the individuals who may wander. The system consists of an innovative wearable electronic navigation unit, which reports the position of the individual continuously to the caregiver, both in indoor and outdoor locations, irrespective of GPS coverage. This unit is specially designed for addressing the complicated issue of arbitrary pedestrian motion in unstructured indoor and outdoor environments. The system can also be integrated with other community and national safety networks (such as Silver Alert), and can be valuable in quickly locating individuals in emergency situations. In previous work, we designed a preliminary device for the autism community, with input from caregivers, autism risk management professionals, and researchers. We are currently developing the device, and several prototypes are ready for evaluation in this proposed effort for Alzheimer's. In Phase I, a focus group is planned to refine the requirements for Alzheimer's-specific users. In Phase II, prototypes will be tested in a wide scale pilot test program to evaluate and establish the efficacy of the system in helping caregivers locate individuals with Alzheimer's rapidly. The goal is to accelerate the transition of these devices to the users through a focused evaluation and testing process in this SBIR project, yielding launch-ready devices and associated user manuals and educational materials. A parallel (non-SBIR) effort is underway to build relationships with, and educate patient advocacy groups and user groups about this system, as part of the commercialization strategy. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Individuals with cognitive impairments (such as Alzheimer's and Autism) tend to wander or elope from their caregivers routinely. This is a very vexing problem for caregivers, and sometimes results in physical and emotional danger to the wandering individuals. We propose to evaluate an electronic location reporting system for users in the Alzheimer's community, which consists of a wearable electronic navigation unit, which reports the position of the individual continuously to the caregiver, both in indoor and outdoor locations.