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Most advice I’m reading today about staying connected with our older loved ones utilizes old-school techniques like increasing person-to-person communications, organizing “family council” meetings, or virtual visitations using FaceTime, Skype and even Zoom¹. While all good ideas, if the care recipient can’t use the technology directly this may not be...

The people in our company are currently caregivers of family members or have been caregivers. Several have family members with Alzheimer’s or dementia, such as company founder Steve Popovich. Steve’s a connectivity technology veteran who’s spent his career solving problems for others using technology. Yet when he looked for a...

The Alzheimer’s Association states that 60% of persons with dementia (PWD) or Alzheimer’s will wander during the course of the disease. Wandering can take two forms: walking in patterns which is typically not harmful; and wandering that leads to a person going missing. While many of those afflicted with Alzheimer’s...