Here’s a great story you don’t hear every day. An elderly woman who had a medical alert system was able to activate the system when a burglar broke into her home. She heard glass breaking and hid, then pressed the medical alert button. In this case it sounds like she had a monitored medical alert [...]
Changing the batteries on your medical alert
I recently heard from a woman whose mother’s medical alert system didn’t work properly when her mother had a fall. Turns out the medical alert system had been in place for eight years without being used, and the batteries had never been changed. So when she pressed the button, there wasn’t enough juice left to [...]
Will medical alerts get used differently by a new group of older people?
What’s going to change with medical alerts as a new group of people retire? Starting in 2011, the baby boomers are starting to retire. For the next twenty years we’re going to have the largest group of retirees ever. Are these retirees going to be different than the retirees who have come before them? Some [...]
Medical Alerts for the Deaf?
Do medical alert systems work for deaf people? A customer recently wrote to me saying that her mother is deaf and she’s looking for a medical alert that will work for her. Here’s what I wrote back to her: Thanks for your question. This is something I haven’t researched yet, though I obviously need to [...]
Mobile Medical Alerts – Better Than Regular Medical Alerts?
Melanie Payne has written an article for the Ft Myers News-Press about one woman’s struggle to choose between a regular monitored medical alert and a mobile medical alert. The article is about Bernice Upin, a mentally and physically active woman who is close to 90. She already has a medical alert system called Lifeline, but [...]
Medical alert for parent living with you
Here’s an example of how a medical alert system might be useful. Let’s say your elderly father lives with you in your home. Most of the time there’s someone home to look after him, either you or your spouse, or maybe even your teenage children. So if something happens, like a fall or a medical [...]
Medical Alerts Used for Worker Safety
I was intrigued by this article at CNN.com about how some hotels in New York City are outfitting their cleaning staff with panic buttons like medical alerts. http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/01/new.york.hotel.panic/ Obviously the technology will be a little more complex than a standard medical alert button, because a button worn by a hotel maid for her to use [...]
Age-Proof Your Home So You Don’t Have to Use Your Medical Alert
Everyone has seen the television commercials that show how important a medical alert system can be for the elderly. If you fall or have a medical emergency, these devices can actually save your life or limit the negative impact of the accident on your health. While seniors living alone should have these devices as a [...]
What is the best life alert system?
What is the best medical alert system to install in your home? There are a lot of good medical alert systems on the market, and the one that’s right for you might not be the right one for your neighbor. Here are some factors to consider: Are you on a tight budget? Then you might [...]
