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Medical Alerting Systems

Postby IrieMon » Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:01 am

My mother is currently using Medical Guardian Premium to monitor for falls and emergency alerting. After 6 months, the products inconsistency is troubling. She will be reading a book (or other latent activity) and the alarm goes off. Yesterday she actually fell off a chair and the alert DIDN'T go off. Fortunately she wasn't hurt... 90 yrs old with no spleen, and still tough as nails. An ambulance then shows up at her house 3+ hrs later responding to the "emergency".

We are considering switching systems, but research is tough due to reviews based on advertising or click-through revenue . Any feedback is appreciated !
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Re: Medical Alerting Systems

Postby BeauV » Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:17 pm

I haven't investigated personally, but I do know that the new Apple Watch is supposed to address this problem. It will call emergency services (or anyone else you decide it should call) if there is a hard fall followed by no movement. It also gives the person who fell the ability to call for help immediately. It doesn't screw with some 3rd party but calls 911 directly, so far as I know.

You might look into it. There are numerous other things that the Apple Watch 4 does which could be useful, like heart rate, activity monitoring and nagging, etc....

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Re: Medical Alerting Systems

Postby JoeP » Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:50 pm

When my 96 yr old stepmother had a series of TIAs (transient ischemic attack, something like a mini-stroke) we got her one of those alert gadgets but she refuses to use it. She is still pretty active and really values being independent. About the only thing she could accept is having people come to her house during the day to help her cook and clean up. It was difficult finding people who she could get along with but eventually we found a combination of professionals during the week and family and friends on the weekends worked the best. I hope you find something that works.
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Re: Medical Alerting Systems

Postby IrieMon » Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:12 am

Thanks all for the feedback.... wish they had an Apple Watch which resembled a tennis bracelet :roll:
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Re: Medical Alerting Systems

Postby BeauV » Sun Nov 11, 2018 12:31 pm

IrieMon wrote:Thanks all for the feedback.... wish they had an Apple Watch which resembled a tennis bracelet :roll:


LOL! You can get the rose gold one with the bejeweled band :)

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Re: Medical Alerting Systems

Postby IrieMon » Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:06 am

Ouch.... never thought of Mom to out-bling the Kardashian's.... but this just might do it ! And then my dear old Dad rolled over in his grave :crazy:
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Re: Medical Alerting Systems

Postby Tim Ford » Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:10 pm

IrieMon wrote: An ambulance then shows up at her house 3+ hrs later responding to the "emergency".


That's more alarming than the wonky alarm!
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