Japan's new portable tracker for dementia patients aims to find them quickly if they
 

Japan's new portable tracker for dementia patients aims to find them quickly if they wander off
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A large Japanese security company has an ambitious plan to arm thousands of dementia-stricken elderly folks with a portable, thumb-sized tracker, in hopes of getting them safely home if they get lost.

The country's Sohgo Security Services (also k**wn as Alsok) has handed out 2,000 of its Mimamori tags to some 10 cities in Japan.

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The tags, to be carried by the elderly, will work with a companion app via Bluetooth, which can send location data over to nursing home staff or family members.

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The tag can be clipped onto a shoe.

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