For Alzheimer Society chaptersOne night I found a neighbour wandering, and had no way to help him get home.
It was early morning. He was outside, clearly lost, and he couldn't tell me his name or who to call. I didn't know if he lived two doors down or two miles away. All I could do was wait with him until someone recognized him.
That's the moment a KinTag exists to shorten. It's a small, battery-free tag that opens a contact page the instant anyone taps it with a phone — so whoever finds someone doesn't have to wait, guess, or search. Just tap, and call the right person.
— Thom, founder of Next to Kin
What a KinTag is
A tag anyone can tap. Nothing anyone has to install.
Setting up a tag takes seconds — a name and a phone number, nothing else required. It can be done by the person themselves, by a family member, by your chapter staff, or in person with a Next to Kin representative walking through it with them.
Why it fits wandering specifically
The families you serve don't need a stranger to have an app. They need a stranger to know what to do.
As of 2025, an estimated 771,939 people in Canada are living with dementia — a number expected to reach 1.7 million by 2050. (Alzheimer Society of Canada)
Most people living with dementia will wander at some point — often more than once. When it happens, the outcome usually comes down to one thing: whether the person who finds them knows who to call.
A KinTag doesn't require a subscription, a login, or a registry lookup. Whoever finds your client can act in the moment, with whatever phone is already in their pocket — no waiting on anything.
What families are trading up from
Not a concept — a real, shipping product
KinTags already exist, in people's hands, today.
KinTags have been featured on CTV News Regina and used in partnership with the City of Regina, Regina Police Service, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders — thousands of tags placed at community events across Saskatchewan.
The chapter package
500 KinTags for your chapter.
500 is a realistic number for a chapter to place with families over a year — enough to reach the people who need one, without overcommitting your budget on a product nobody's tried yet.
Every price on this page comes from one number, so it's easy for us to adjust if your chapter's needs are different — fewer tags, more tags, a different format mix. Just ask.
$5 per tag · 500 tags · one-time, no subscription
No commitment — this opens an email, not an order.
Let's get KinTags into the hands of the families you serve.
Questions, a different volume in mind, or ready to move ahead — email works best, and a real person reads every one.
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