CA2324967A1 — System for monitoring patients with alzheimer's disease or related dementia

USPTO Abstract

A system is provided for monitoring the behavior, behavior patterns and movements of patients with Alzheimer's, related dementia and a range of other diseases, disorders and injuries including childhood autism, attention deficit disorder (ADD), schizophrenia, severe clinical depression, brain injury, and conditions such as recovery from hip replacement surgery. The monitoring system comprises: a transmitter worn by the patient which emits an identification signal; a detector placed at a hazard or a at a location to be monitored, the detector capable of determining the distance of the patient from the detector and determining the occurrence of an incident when the distance falls below a predetermined threshold; a receiving unit for receiving the information transmitted by the detector; and database means for accumulating information received by the receiving unit. The purpose of the system is to safeguard patients from injury and to generate, accumulate and analyze data and information about these diseases, conditions and disorders.