I've reviewed the alert service options out there but am still confused and could use some insight from those who have used the services.
I'm looking for a service for my uncle who lives now with dad. My uncle is cognitively sharp but has severe vision problems and is afraid that he may fall at night and not be able to get up.
I think a system with an outside monitor might be too much, so maybe just a service that would connect to my phone (I live 3 miles away) or even to reach dad in the other room who could assess the situation and call me.
This would mean he'd have to wear the alert 24/7 and I'm not sure that he will do that.
Any recommendations or suggestions for this type of monitoring service? Or what am I overlooking?
A Fall defection system does NOT stop falls. A couple Blink cameras are less expensive and you can see if they are safe. If not, you call and if no answer you know there is a problem and go over or call local police for a welfare check.
We also got Mother the Amazon Echo shoe on sale for $65 and put font big. You can add upcoming appointments, positive affirmations. Photos, to do lists, birthdays and relaxation routines, Medici e reminders remote from your smart phone for free. These all are audible or read o ly on the Echo show. You can also “Drip in” to these devices if you don’t see your relative and talk to them via these Amazon Blink cameras or Amazon Echo Show.
It also has large font, local radio, music, books on tape and much more again all you can put on from your phone if you set it up in your Amazon account.
It is modern lined and less expensive monitoring for falls and overall being safe with a backup to phone.
Good luck to you and your family.
Eh, it was just okay. It did have fall detection on it. Honestly, for us, I found calling 911 faster and easier.
We installed a lock box so the firemen could easily enter. I ordered one from Amazon. All you do is set up a passcode. Easy enough.
we did get Bay alarm and they were great. We received a wristband for her, and a necklace for him. She wouldn’t wear hers after a while but he kept his necklace on, a push button, and it worked great.
quite often he was in the living room and the alarm system was two stairs downstairs then a couple of turns into the bedroom on the far wall. We ( the company & me) could hear each other just fine.
we use them in a couple of false alarms and two times in a real emergency no problems at all.
month-to-month contract no problems. Reasonably priced. Also a Write off as medical expense. And when they called emergency services they would make notifications out to other family members; whoever we chose on the set up.
Good luck!
You could try a monitor ( like a baby monitor) your dad could hear if your uncle needed help. Good luck
Your uncle is not safe living unsupervised any more and requires either 24-hour caregivers at home or be to placed into a facility where best communication can be decided.
It might appeal to him because so many people wear them and love them.
My LO had a very good set up with a necklace fob, but she refused to push the button so it NEVER helped her.
I found when I moved her to the ALF that she did not understand their Buttons, their use and their function.
It did work great while she had the cognitive ability to understand the function. When she pushed the button, it would ring me and she could talk into the device, just like it was a phone on her end, to tell me what was wrong. It connected to my land line. I bought it on Amazon.
You could set the device to ring multiple people if the first person programmed does not pick up.
cwillie’s comments are very good. You do not explain the cognitive function of your dad and his ability to monitor your uncle.
Best of luck.