• “Caregivers have turned to Apple’s tiny, $29 tracking devices after finding other methods of monitoring people with dementia aren’t a fit or are too expensive. Many tracking apps require people to have their phones with them; according to caregivers, people with dementia might forget them when they leave the house. However, they tend to remember keys and wallets, which the AirTags were designed to attach,” The Wall Street Journal reports.
• Some people using AirTags lack the precision to be helpful in dire situations.
• An estimated 6.5 million Americans age 65 and older will be living with Alzheimer’s dementia in 2022, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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