Elderly relatives and personal alarms

xbrenx

http://www.medpage-ltd.co.uk/page91.html
Look on this page at the phone called Serenities.

Happier_Me

I have worked with a team in a Local Council that provide on call care services (the personal alarm systems) and I couldn't recommend this highly enough for complete peace of mind. And at a cost of around £4 a week, it definitely isn't a rip off for 24/7 monitoring.

Owain_Moneysaver

Local council here is £2.65 a week and this includes an on-call support worker who comes out to your home in response to a call if necessary.

elsien

93? Really?


Spam reported.

Money_maker

Thanks Elsien.

elsien

Done, but when they remove spam they also remove any posts quoting it, so wouldn't make any odds.
Spammer should be thoroughly ashamed of himself though. I'll remove the link when the spam post goes.

Savvy_Sue

elsien wrote: »

Done, but when they remove spam they also remove any posts quoting it, so wouldn't make any odds.

Not always: I think generally you have to report the 'quoting' post independently.

Fireflyaway

I'd recommend the alarms connected to call centres. They do cost but you have piece of mind knowing they are manned 24/7. How crap would you feel if someone tried to call you and you had forgotten your phone / were asleep / somewhere with no signal etc.
The main issue is the user needs to wear the pendant! I've know a few folks fall and because they had taken off the pendent they were stuck without help. Most councils either have a system or can recommend one.

flybynight

got the pendant jobs for both granparents. gran wore it quite happily (under her jumper so not ideal, but I figured at least if she was on the floor it was with her). granddad was a nightmare and would leave It on the coffee table when he got up, so the only time he had access to it was when he was already sat down safe. :doh: problem solved when I found a holder that it fitted in that went on his wrist like a watch, totally fine with that. their ones phoned through a prearranged list of 4 numbers and if it didn't get any it went through to the call centre lady.