Fife tries out telecare for people with dementia (Scotland)

Fife Council’s Social Work Service, in partnership with NHS Fife and Fife Police, is trying out door monitoring and GPS tracking. John Honeyman, training and marketing adviser with Fife Telecare Programme, said: "Many people with dementia prefer to stay in their own home...many family carers fear their relative with dementia might become lost while enjoying a stroll outside or even leave their home during the night and go missing." In an initiative supported by Fife Police, the first "safer walking" GPS (Global Positioning System) location sensing device has been issued to a Fife resident. Press release gives more information.

[Comment: Interesting job title - telecare needs more local marketing advisers - and note too, a press release based on a single user, but timed to coincide with Scotland’s Dementia Awareness Week this week.]