Ome City will launch a program to subsidize the processing costs of attaching a device to the personal belongings or other items of a home-based elderly person with dementia, so that caregiving family members and others can use GPS to locate the person if they go out alone and become unable to find their way home.
Ome City, Tokyo: “Ome City Subsidy for Device Installation and Processing Costs for Locating Home-Based Elderly People with Dementia” (FY2026)
September 16, 2026
Summary
Ome City will subsidize the processing costs of attaching GPS location devices to the belongings of home-based elderly people with dementia. The devices can help caregiving family members locate someone who goes out alone and cannot find their way home.
Key Information
| Location | Ome City, Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Apr 1, 2026 – TBD |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥5,000 |
| Subsidy Rate | Flat amount |
| Purpose | Regional revitalization/community development / Capital investment / Digital |
| Eligible Expenses | Machinery and equipment expenses |
| Eligible Applicants | Individuals |
| Implementing Agency | Ome City |
| Official Page | https://www.city.ome.tokyo.jp/soshiki/30/114044.html |