TruePosition® Personal Medical Alert Solution

Many families today are faced with the concerns that come with caring for an elderly or sick family member. Caring for an individual with Alzheimer’s or other form of dementia brings with it even more unique concerns about the individual’s wellbeing and whereabouts. These caregivers seek the peace of mind that comes with knowing their loved ones will be safe, even in the event of an emergency or if they should become lost.

The TruePosition Personal Medical Alert solution innovatively integrates high-performance location technology with a medical alert system that has the power to:

  • Enable responders to respond more quickly and effectively, saving precious moments in emergency response time.
  • Effectively manage valuable public safety resources.
  • Create peace of mind for caregivers by giving them more control.

The TruePosition Medical Alert solution simply requires an individual to wear a small wireless device around the wrist. The guardian or caregiver activates the system through a secure operations facility to locate that device if that person wanders or is missing. Upon activation, the device will call 911 with a pre-recorded message, allowing the nearest Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to locate the missing person and send the applicable emergency responders.

Enable responders to respond more quickly and effectively.

Personal medical alert devices for senior citizens or those with chronic illness are sometimes used to alert medical services in case of an emergency. Often, these alert systems are just mapped to a physical address, and do not indicate if the person is or is not currently at that particular address.

In emergency situations, every second counts. When a person with Alzheimer’s or other form of dementia wanders, they are at the mercy of the environment. Within a few minutes, a person can become injured or cause irreparable harm. Even if the individual suddenly realizes that they are lost, and tries to find help, often they are unable to explain the situation, or become confused and disoriented. The ability to instantly and remotely locate the person who wanders or is missing greatly improves response times, and as a result, can potentially save lives.

Effectively manage valuable public safety resources.

Today, when someone with Alzheimer’s or other kind of dementia wanders or is missing, it often involves many vehicles and other resources to find the person and administer the necessary care. Typical medical alert devices being used today require the police or emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to systematically drive around a particular area using a scanner to locate the device. Only TruePosition’s Personal Medical Alert solution has the ability to remotely locate the person with very high accuracy and reliability, allowing emergency services to be deployed more rapidly and efficiently, and saving precious minutes and precious funds.

In addition, the wireless device, which is worn around the wrist, can be quickly recharged by the caregiver. This means that police and other emergency responders do not have to periodically make rounds to change batteries. Again, this allows public safety resources to be utilized effectively.

At the heart of the Personal Medical Alert Solution is the TruePosition® Location Platform™, which incorporates a network-based location technology called Uplink Time Difference of Arrival (U-TDOA). U-TDOA is a high-performance location technology that uses specialized receivers in the cell towers. U-TDOA allows the system to:

  • Locate the personal medical alert device quickly (typically under 10 seconds).
  • Locate the personal medical alert device in any environment (including indoors, in-vehicle, urban, suburban, rural, etc.).
  • Locate the personal medical alert device with very high accuracy (usually within 50 meters).

The technology is groundbreaking. The benefits are immeasurable.

Only TruePosition has the technical expertise and operational experience to combine a high-accuracy, network-based location platform with a small, high-performance device to address personal safety and security challenges like never before. Adding location information to a personal medical alert solution is pioneering new ways to offer peace of mind. It is a powerful way to reassure people to know that loved ones are safe and that they can be found in an emergency.

To learn more about how the TruePosition personal medical alert solution is using high-accuracy location information to help keep Alzheimer’s patients and other people with dementia safe and secure, please click here.