Sunday, October 14, 2007

Emergency Response Systems: My Experience

One of the best ways to protect the independence of an elderly parent, or parents, as the case may be, is to set them up with a personal assistance response system.
First of all, the personal assistance system will give them the freedom of living alone because help, when needed, is only the push of a button away.
I know, because my 86 year old mother slipped and fell in her bedroom just a few feet away from her phone, but could not get to it to dial for help.
Luckily I had installed an personal alert system for her just a few weeks before this incident. When she fell, she simply pushed a button on the pendant she always wears around her neck, and help was on the way.
Having an emergency response system installed in your parent's home is almost like hav View the rest of this article


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