GPS tracking for dementia patients in the U.K. being adopted by law enforcement. Not everyone is on-board with the idea.
GPS tracking for dementia patients in the U.K.
Pensioner groups believe that by tracking selected dementia sufferers, they would be categorized and treated much like criminals who are being tracked by similar technology.
It is being referred to as “barbaric” and “crude”. There, obviously, is widespread misunderstanding regarding exactly how GPS tracking is going to be used for this application. It seems that this issue, at least for the foreseeable future, will remain a hot topic in the U.K.
Source: http://news.sky.com/story/1085308/gps-tags-for-dementia-patients-barbaric
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