December 14, 20205 yr So, the GF's mom lives alone, and she took a spill the other day. She's fine, but it scared her. We think she needs a medical alert bracelet or necklace. She doesn't have internet, but she does have an iphone, and it looks as though bluetooth devices are available that work through an app. Anybody have experience with any of these things? Recs?
December 14, 20205 yr Get her an Apple Watch. It has fall detection and can contact 911 and other people listed on an emergency contacts list.
December 15, 20205 yr 20 hours ago, VonZipper said: Get her an Apple Watch. It has fall detection and can contact 911 and other people listed on an emergency contacts list. needs to be charged every day which is a PITA and will ensure people like my old folks not to wear it
December 15, 20205 yr Author 36 minutes ago, 52-80 said: needs to be charged every day which is a PITA and will ensure people like my old folks not to wear it this is our concern dude.
December 15, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, 52-80 said: needs to be charged every day which is a PITA and will ensure people like my old folks not to wear it I agree, my 87 yo Mother seems to keep hers charged... but I certainly understand, it would be nice if it held a charge longer than 18 hours.
December 15, 20205 yr 23 hours ago, Gil Bang said: So, the GF's mom lives alone, and she took a spill the other day. She's fine, but it scared her. We think she needs a medical alert bracelet or necklace. She doesn't have internet, but she does have an iphone, and it looks as though bluetooth devices are available that work through an app. Anybody have experience with any of these things? Recs? https://www.adt.com/health/medical-alert-systems I'd seriously look for one like this that has GPS and fall detect. For comparisons to Life Alert https://www.caring.com/best-medical-alert-systems/life-alert-vs-adt/ That fall detect feature might be worth the upcharge. Worse case with anyone falling and in particular Seniors is they land on their hands and arms and can't move them to push the button on some of the lower end devices. The GPS is also good because from experience in the Senior care world, many Children do not know in some cases their parent(s) might be in early dementia . Not necessary the kid's fault because it could be they are are not around their parents enough to see the tell-tell signs. They might not find out until in incident occurs after the fact.
June 1, 20223 yr My 86 year old mother fell this morning, broke her hip, and spent an hour and a half crawling to the phone to call for help. Any more recent opinions on this topic? This fucking sucks.
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