Called this one a few years ago. Thought they would have gone with children over the amber aleart scares before the elderly though. Either way, same result: Plans in Florida to implement putting tracking chips into the arms of people with dementia and Alzheimer so they can be tracked by police officers and be given proper care if found wandering streets alone.
Next Logical step in our desruction: parents will want them in their children in case they get kidnapped, then they will start implanting them in all newborns like they do with dogs and cats now, and within a generation the government can track everything you do and place you go. First it was your shaws scan card which you can save money with. Free or discounted goods is always the first way to coerce the public to your whim. Then they needed to track pets in case they ran away. Onward and upward to our total annihilation!
Study to look at planting identification chips in dementia patients
The scenario is all too real in South Florida: An Alzheimer\'s patient wanders away from home and is found by police officers who take him to a local hospital for care. But the patient cannot recall potentially life-threatening conditions like diabetes or heart disease, making a quick assessment difficult at best.
To help solve that problem, a Delray Beach company and the Alzheimer\'s Community Care Association of Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc. have begun a two-year study to determine whether it\'s practical to implant tiny computer chips containing medical records in dementia patients.
If a patient becomes separated from family members, emergency room doctors could obtain crucial medical information by scanning the chip, obtaining a 16-digit identification number and then entering the number in a special computer system at the hospital. That would disclose the patient\'s name, address, caregiver, diagnosis, physician, medical issues and medications.
"People with Alzheimer\'s and dementia are our most vulnerable population, particularly during hurricane season. We\'re hoping this kind of technology creates a safer environment for them and creates higher efficiency in the emergency room," said Mary Barnes, president and chief executive of Alzheimer\'s Community Care.
VeriChip Corp. will provide the chips for free for the two-year, 200-patient study that could start as early as May. The company also will seek to enroll as many Palm Beach County hospitals as possible in the study and equip them with scanners to access the patient code embedded on each chip, spokeswoman Allison Tomek said.
The Alzheimer\'s group said it plans to hire a nurse to implant the chips in the upper arm of volunteers.
Six hospitals in the county -- Boca Raton Community Hospital, West Boca Medical Center, Delray Medical Center, Wellington Regional Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center and Columbia Hospital in West Palm Beach -- already have scanners that could be used for the study, Tomek said.
In the case of Alzheimer\'s patients unable to make medical decisions, the legally designated responsible party must give permission for the patient to participate, officials said.
VeriChip is majority owned by Delray Beach\'s Applied Digital Solutions Inc., which has been promoting implantable microchips since 2002. That year, a family of four from western Boca Raton was "chipped" live on the Today program. The Food and Drug Administration gave approval in 2004 to use the chips for medical uses.
Digital Angel Corp. of South St. Paul, Minn., also majority owned by Applied Digital Solutions, supplies the chips.
VeriChip officials said they think a successful study with Alzheimer\'s patients in South Florida could stimulate orders from organizations around the country that deal with dementia patients.
sourceThis is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
This is the way the world ends,
not with a bang but with a whimper
-T.S. Elliot
