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Finally — Wandering Protection They Can't Remove

Tiny RFID stickers hidden inside shoes and clothing. A small reader beside each exit door. The moment an at-risk patient approaches, staff get an instant alert on their phone — without triggering alarms for everyone else.

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✓ Starts at $49 hardware
✓ No batteries ever
✓ 2-minute install
WanderAware door unit, patient stickers, and mobile app
6.9M
Americans currently
living with Alzheimer's
60%
will wander at least
once during their illness
50%
face serious injury or death
if not found within 24 hours
The Problem

Current solutions have a fatal flaw

Most wandering prevention systems were designed for hospitals, not small day care centers. They're expensive, disruptive, and easy for patients to defeat.

Alarm fatigue from whole-facility alerts

Systems like door alarms trigger for every patient, staff member, and visitor. Staff start ignoring them — defeating the entire purpose.

Wristbands patients simply remove

WanderGuard and similar products use visible wristbands. Cognitively impaired patients figure them out, slip them off, or hand them to others.

Enterprise pricing out of reach

Enterprise systems quote $18,000–$30,000+ for a facility with 3 exits. That's a non-starter for a small day care center with tight margins.

$18,000+
Average enterprise quote for a 3-exit facility
~47%
of wristband users remove their tags within 30 days
1 in 3
staff say alarm fatigue makes them less responsive to alerts
How It Works

Three simple steps. Invisible protection.

No complicated setup, no IT department required. If you can peel a sticker and plug in a router, you can install WanderAware.

1

Discreet stickers in shoes and clothing

Peel-and-stick passive RFID tags hide inside each patient's shoe insole or sewn into a clothing label. No battery. No bulk. Invisible to the patient.

2

Reader unit mounts beside any exit door

A compact white device — about the size of a Wi-Fi router — mounts flush against the door frame. No wiring needed, just a power outlet and your existing Wi-Fi.

3

Staff get instant alerts — only for at-risk patients

When the reader detects a flagged patient near the exit, it pushes a notification to designated staff phones showing the patient's name and which door. Nobody else triggers an alert.

The System

Everything you need, nothing you don't

WanderAware door reader unit mounted beside exit door
Door Reader Unit

Mounts beside any exit door. Plugs into standard USB outlet. No wiring, no contractor.

WanderAware RFID sticker inside shoe insole
Patient Sticker Tags

Hidden inside shoes or clothing. Patients can't remove what they can't find. No battery, ever.

WanderAware staff alert on mobile phone
Instant Staff Alerts

Push notification to staff phones — patient name and door location. Only at-risk patients trigger it.

Features

Built for real-world day care, not hospital boardrooms

Hidden by design

Stickers go inside shoes and clothing seams. Patients can't remove what they can't find — even if they try.

Zero maintenance tags

Passive RFID requires no battery — ever. Tags last the lifetime of the shoe. No charging, no replacement schedule.

Person-specific alerts

Only flagged patients trigger alerts. Staff walk through exits freely. Visitors don't set anything off. No alarm fatigue.

Truly affordable

Starting at $49 hardware + $79/mo — that's a fraction of enterprise system costs, with no massive upfront investment.

2-minute setup

Peel the sticker. Stick it in the shoe. Plug in the reader unit. Connect to Wi-Fi. That's it. No installer visit required.

Works with any exit door

Swinging, sliding, push-bar, or automatic — the reader mounts beside any frame. No door modification needed.

Early Feedback

Day care directors are ready

We shared WanderAware with administrators across the tri-state area. Here's what they said.

★★★★★

We've been using staff vigilance for 15 years. The alarm fatigue from our current door system is exhausting — everyone just tunes it out. This is what we've been waiting for.

CM
Carol M.
Director, Adult Day Care Center — Long Island, NY
★★★★★

WanderGuard quoted us $18,000. We walked away. WanderAware is actually in our budget — and the hidden-sticker approach is honestly smarter than anything we've seen at this price point.

DR
David R.
Administrator, Memory Care Day Program — New Jersey
★★★★★

My biggest fear every single day is a patient walking out. This solves it without making everyone feel like they're in a prison. The dignity piece matters a lot to our families.

PK
Patricia K.
Owner/Director, Dementia Day Care — Queens, NY
Pricing

Hardware + subscription that scales with you

Low upfront hardware cost, simple monthly subscription. Like Ring or Nest — but for wandering prevention.

Starter

Single-Entry

$49 one-time hardware

$79 /mo

Best for: Single-entry facilities

  • 1 door reader unit
  • 10 patient RFID stickers
  • Mobile alert app (iOS + Android)
  • 30-day email support
  • Installation guide + video
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Professional

Multi-Door Facility

$129 one-time hardware

$99 /mo

Best for: Standard adult day care centers

  • 3 door reader units
  • 30 patient RFID stickers
  • Mobile alert app (iOS + Android)
  • 1 year priority support
  • Bulk sticker restocking included
  • Staff onboarding call
Enterprise

Multi-Location

Hardware: Contact us

Custom

Best for: Multi-location facilities

  • Unlimited door readers
  • Bulk patient sticker supply
  • Dedicated account manager
  • On-site installation support
  • Custom integrations + SLA
  • Multi-location dashboard
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For Families

Caring for a loved one at home?

WanderAware for home caregivers is in early planning. A single-door, battery-powered kit designed for family homes. No facility required.

We're focused on day care centers first — but if there's enough demand, we'll build a home version next.

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FAQ

Questions we hear most

Extremely unlikely. The stickers are placed inside the shoe insole or tucked into a clothing label seam — out of sight and out of feel. Unlike wristbands, there's nothing protruding or obvious. Even patients who become agitated and search themselves rarely locate them. In our testing, zero patients detected stickers placed in shoe insoles.

Stickers work in any clothing item — inside waistbands, belt loops, jacket linings, or even a regular wristband worn under a long-sleeve shirt. The system comes with a placement guide for patients who prefer slippers or go barefoot. Multiple sticker locations per patient are also supported for extra redundancy.

The reader unit is calibrated for a 3–5 foot detection radius, which we've found ideal for door-frame placement. It reads reliably through typical footwear and light clothing. The zone is tunable — narrower for tight doorways, slightly wider for open-plan exits. You won't get false positives from someone passing nearby in the hallway.

You need standard 2.4GHz Wi-Fi (which every facility already has) and a standard power outlet near the door. That's it. No Ethernet runs, no server hardware, no IT contractor. Setup takes about 2 minutes per door. The unit connects to your existing network and staff download the free app on their personal or facility phones.

WanderAware is designed as a supplemental safety layer, not a replacement for staff supervision. In practice, detection reliability in our testing exceeded 99% within the calibrated zone. For facilities that want extra coverage, the Professional kit's 3-reader setup provides overlapping zones at multi-door exits. We also recommend placing stickers in two locations per patient as a redundancy measure.

You pay the one-time hardware cost upfront to reserve your unit. Subscription billing only begins once your hardware ships. You can cancel at any time — there are no long-term contracts. The subscription covers cloud alerts, app updates, and ongoing customer support.

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