OBJECTIVE
The main purpose for this project is to develop a safety device for people who suffer from Alzheimer disease. The objectives of this project are:
• To develop a prototype of safety device for Alzheimer’s Patient by using GPS and GSM.
• To design a programming to integrate GPS and GSM system.
• To introduce safety device that is effective and benefits to the user.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Nowadays, missing cases related to Alzheimer’s patients become a growing concern across the world. By increasing population of elderly or senior citizen in Malaysia, Alzheimer disease also growing as this disease commonly affect individual at age over 65 years. They suffer from memory loss where they tend to forget everything around them such as dates, places and even their name. They cannot adjust to a new environment and tend to wander around if left alone. Thus, the probability of them went missing without trace is high. Their family members or caregivers could have rough times to find them as they did not know their whereabouts and it is hard to track them if the patients have gone too far from their last seen location.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT
By developing the safety device for Alzheimer’s patients, this system could be beneficial as one of the method to track the missing patients. In traditional way, people usually searching them all over the place by asking people nearby or spread the news about the missing patient. This method going to take a longer period before the patient can be found and worst situation might be happened between that time. This safety device equipped with GPS and GSM that installed in patient’s shoes will allows real-time location to be send to the caregiver, thus they can go straight up to the location. The device help in reducing time for searching process, thus unwanted situation happens to the patient could be avoided. This safety device also work to monitor the patient. Caregiver who cannot give their full attention to the patient can always monitor their movement. They can keep the location updated to know the patient’s whereabouts.
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