Issue: patients with dementia tend to wander and often get lost, which can sometimes be fatal or extremely dangerous.
Proposed solution: attach a GPS to dementia patients so that when they wander outside the house, they can be located.
Problem? 1) Invasion of privacy and against human rights 2) Caregivers will rely on the bracelets and won't give as good care to the patients
Sometimes these human rights issues get a little out of hand.
1. GPS bracelets are designed for the safety of the patient. I'm pretty sure that once the patient with dementia realizes he/she is lost, it's not going to be a matter of privacy, but more like SOMEONE PLEASE FIND ME.
2. If the "caregiver" had these thoughts, they're not worthy of being a caregiver in the first place
Thoughts?
