Mindme | News

A Statement About The 2G Switch-Off

"Upcoming changes in the UK mobile telephone sector mean that 2G devices will gradually be replaced by 4G ones. Please read the linked PDF for details about this and about a more imminent change Virgin Media O2 are making later this year."

Read more: Mindme's Statement (.PDF 242KB)

On the right track

"A special piece of kit that can help locate a person has become invaluable to Pete and Toni Howells.

For the past year the Ford-based couple have been using a Mindme GPS device for Toni's sister Noelle, 61, who has learning disabilities."

Tracker saves husband with Alzheimer's

"A wife has spoken of her relief after a ‘tracking’ device worn by her husband, who suffers from dementia, saved his life.

John Dunn, 73, went missing on Christmas Day during a family coastal walk while the couple were on holiday

Unable to locate him, his worried wife Rosemary used the new gadget to track him down and get him to safety."

Hi-tech tracking device saved my life

"The wife of a man who went missing in remote Dorset countryside said a hi-tech device saved his life.

John Dunn, who suffers from dementia, disappeared during a family walk at Durdle Door on Christmas Day.

Thanks to a tracking device, he was found within an hour on an isolated farm track, around three miles from the main coastal path."

Police use GPS trackers to find people with dementia

"Sussex Police has become the first force in Britain to pay for GPS tracking to help people with dementia.

The device aims to help find those with dementia who get lost, therefore easing distress."

Dementia sufferer's husband praises GPS locator plan

"Bernard Stoneham signed up for the Mindme GPS locating device after his wife Gill, who has dementia, got disorientated near their home in Fishbourne, Chichester."

GPS locator which saved lives in Chichester rolled out across Sussex

"A lifesaving gadget to monitor the location of patients with dementia has been so successful in Chichester it is being rolled out across Sussex"

Police defend use of GPS locators to find dementia patients who wander off

"Sussex police have bought six battery-powered locators as part of a attempt to save money and time spent on searching for dementia patients."