Unbiased info to help you buy the medical alert device that's right for you
Your mom or dad lives alone. They’re getting increasingly frail. If they fall or have a medical emergency at home, there’s no one there to help them. You hate the thought of them lying on the floor in pain for days, or dying because they couldn’t get emergency help. The solution is a medical alert [...]
Here’s your basic guide to what a medical alert system costs: It’s really pretty simple. Most monitored medical alert systems cost about $30 a month. What about no-fee or autodialer medical alert systems? These are the ones that dial friends and family instead of a monitoring center. These cost from $100 to $300. The model [...]
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 [...]
When you choose a monitored medical alert system, you will often be given the option of paying your monitoring fee in a lump sum to save money. You’ll often see the monitoring service prices advertised this way on websites: “As low as $XX per month.” What that means is that if you pay for a [...]
If you’re looking for a medical alert device for an elderly person, you can end up running into some pushy salespeople unless you’re very lucky. This is because you’re dealing with an item that is a long-term revenue source for the company that sells it, especially if you’re buying a contract with a monitoring center. [...]
When purchasing a medical alert system you have a choice of buying from a national company by phone or over the internet, or you can buy the unit and the monitoring service from a local dealer. Obviously buying over the Internet is simple and straightforward. Plus the internet is a great place to research different [...]
