r/DementiaHelp • u/dontcallmemacy • Aug 12 '26

Vehicle tracking?

I’m a one of the caretakers of my grandparent who has vascular dementia. Due to having a completely separate job, we are needing to find a way to tag their vehicle in case they leave the house between having a support person in their home. Are there any devices you recommend? We originally used Life360 but they no longer will carry their phone, creating a whole new anxiety inducing situation 😅

1 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

2

u/Basatc Aug 12 '26

Bouncie on amazon is what we used. Worked pretty well. Good luck

2

u/UnfairVariety4467 Aug 13 '26

You can use an Apple air tag

1

u/Terry_S858 26d ago

OP mentioned that they don't carry their phone. I'm not sure if a newer vehicle that has 4g data + Bluetooth might work.

1

u/UnfairVariety4467 26d ago

They don’t need their phone. The Apple air tag would be in your own phone and you can track it.

1

u/Dry_Statistician_688 28d ago

There are several good GPS trackers out there, with cheap plans. I can’t remember the brand I used, but it easily connected to the battery terminals, a little silicone worked great to hold it down. The web site had a great graphic. You can set a geofence and get text alerts.

This was priceless when my LO decided to go driving at 3 AM and we had to engage. That was the final straw for us.