Michelle Hirschboeck was looking for a way to keep track of her husband, Paul, who has dementia. Caregivers have turned to Apple tiny, $29 tracking devices after finding other methods of monitoring people with dementia aren’t a fit, or are too expensive. Many tracking apps require people to have their phones with them. People with dementia might forget them when they leave the house, say caregivers. They do tend to remember keys and wallets, however, to which the AirTags were designed to attach.

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