Looking for a personal GPS tracker....

StevieP · 17 Oct 2014 at 09:57

A friend of mine is caring for a family member with alzheimer's and she has had a few occasions recently where the person has just wandered off causing my friend to go into a blind panic trying to find her!

I was wondering whether anyone could recommend some sort of personal GPS tracker to put in her bag that she could track using an app or Google maps??

Thanks...

HEADRAT · 17 Oct 2014 at 09:58

Worst "I want to track my wife/gf" excuse ever

russell664 · 17 Oct 2014 at 09:59

^

GD delivers again.

I suppose if they have a phone on them, wouldn't it be easy to track the person that way?

FortuitousFluke · 17 Oct 2014 at 10:00

"GD, help me chip my Granny".........

Burnsy2023 · 17 Oct 2014 at 10:01

There seems to be lots of options on the Alzheimer's society website:

http://www.alzheimers.net/8-8-14-location-devices-dementia

ICEx21 · 17 Oct 2014 at 10:05

Mate just up the v-core a bit, make sure the overclock on her is stable, she's got a good psu installed in her and every so often give her a virus and malware scan and you should be good to go.
Won't need to worry about Alzheimer's ever again.

On a serious note does she have a carer at all?

StevieP · 17 Oct 2014 at 10:10

HEADRAT said:
Worst "I want to track my wife/gf" excuse ever

Naaaaa, I'm pretty sure she is having an affair anyway! Gives me more time on the PS4!!

russell664 said:
I suppose if they have a phone on them, wouldn't it be easy to track the person that way?

This was my first though but she doesn't always have it with her whereas she takes her bag/purse everywhere!

Burnsy2023 said:
There seems to be lots of options on the Alzheimer's society website:

http://www.alzheimers.net/8-8-14-location-devices-dementia

Thanks, I never thought to even look on their website! I'll take a look!

balky12 · 17 Oct 2014 at 10:16

StevieP said:
A friend of mine is caring for a family member with alzheimer's and she has had a few occasions recently where the person has just wandered off causing my friend to go into a blind panic trying to find her!

I was wondering whether anyone could recommend some sort of personal GPS tracker to put in her bag that she could track using an app or Google maps??

Thanks...

My grandad suffers, he use to do this all the time. Only problem with it is they have to remember to take the bag/phone/ whatever has the gps.

Came a point where my grandad would take the TV remote and that's it.

We had an 'alarm' system fitted. Gave him a 'curfew' between 9pm - 6am. If the front door opened they would ring grandads home. If no answer then one of us (usually my mum) would get a call. Full panic mode ensued.

It's a careful balance between his independance and his care.

Mynight · 17 Oct 2014 at 10:18

Don't suppose it could be as simple as a phone with cerebrus or iPhones findmyi?

ElliorR · 17 Oct 2014 at 10:21

Have you ever seen Misery?

StevieP · 17 Oct 2014 at 10:38

balky12 said:
My grandad suffers, he use to do this all the time. Only problem with it is they have to remember to take the bag/phone/ whatever has the gps.

Apparently not too much of an issue as she always picks her bag up when she goes anywhere!

Mynight said:
Don't suppose it could be as simple as a phone with cerebrus or iPhones findmyi?

No, unfortunately she doesn't have a phone any more!

The link above on the Alzheimer's website all seem to be US based options and I can't see anything on the UK site!?!?

All I really need is a smallish unit that doesn't require too much charging at a reasonable cost!

darael · 17 Oct 2014 at 10:43

In this day and age, I'm surprised you can't buy a GPS tracker about the same size as a car fob to go on your keyring.

Mynight · 17 Oct 2014 at 10:44

Cheapest I can find is £99 with 80 hour battery life + a SIM card so ~£20 a year as you don't have to make outgoing calls.

balky12 · 17 Oct 2014 at 10:47

No idea if this is any help.

http://gps-tracker-review.toptenreviews.com/

StevieP · 11 Mar 2017 at 13:53

Resurrecting my own thread after almost 3 years, but for a different reason!

Going to Florida in a months time and would like to have some sort of tracker for the kids (4 & 6) just in case they manage to wander off in one of the parks!

I've been looking at various options but obviously all of the "proper" GPS systems with real-time tracking require some sort of ongoing monthly subscription!

Has anyone got any experience of the bluetooth based systems? (I know they only have a limited range but something that alerts us part a certain distance might be worth considering?)

Thanks for any suggestions!

ci_newman · 11 Mar 2017 at 14:08

Most of the parks operate a lost-child system where you can have a strap put on the childs wrist with your contact details I think. Most 4yr olds would be pretty sensible in that environment anyway

Chris Wilson · 11 Mar 2017 at 15:01

Big Clive discusses a GPS tracker for a similarly difficult situation, good luck OP.

koooowweeee · 11 Mar 2017 at 15:06

darael said:
In this day and age, I'm surprised you can't buy a GPS tracker about the same size as a car fob to go on your keyring.

You can. Seen them on a Facebook and recently. I'll try and find it

Edit. You can NOW, just looked at the date. Did you invent it?

darael · 11 Mar 2017 at 15:17

koooowweeee said:
You can. Seen them on a Facebook and recently. I'll try and find it

Edit. You can NOW, just looked at the date. Did you invent it?

Sadly not, but I look forward to seeing what you've found.

StevieP · 11 Mar 2017 at 15:41

ci_newman said:
Most of the parks operate a lost-child system where you can have a strap put on the childs wrist with your contact details I think. Most 4yr olds would be pretty sensible in that environment anyway

Yeah I know they have the wrist straps etc and don't get me wrong I'm not expecting to let either of my kids out of my sight - I just wanted something in the way of a backup in case we get separated!

I've been looking at the Smart Tag trackers or the Tile trackers - both seem to be Bluetooth based rather than GPS but the more I think about it, I like the idea of getting an alert if the kids wander more than a certain distance from us with some sort of directional indication as to which way to go and find them!