| One of the best ways to protect the independence of | | | | on my way over. |
| an elderly parent, or parents, as the case may be, is to | | | | Thankfully I live only 5 minutes from her home. If I lived |
| set them up with a personal assistance response | | | | any further away I would have simply called an |
| system. | | | | ambulance or the police, who are trained to handle |
| First of all, the personal assistance system will give | | | | most situations. |
| them the freedom of living alone because help, when | | | | When I arrived at her house I found her on the floor in |
| needed, is only the push of a button away. | | | | the bedroom unable to move without a great deal of |
| I know, because my 86 year old mother slipped and | | | | pain due to injuries sustained when she fell. I am just |
| fell in her bedroom just a few feet away from her | | | | grateful that someone makes a system that is reliable, |
| phone, but could not get to it to dial for help. | | | | yet inexpensive. A good system where I don't have to |
| Luckily I had installed an personal alert system for her | | | | pay an additional $40 a month for monitoring. What I |
| just a few weeks before this incident. When she fell, | | | | don't need is another bill to pay every month. |
| she simply pushed a button on the pendant she | | | | This type of emergency response system gives my |
| always wears around her neck, and help was on the | | | | mom extra peace of mind because she knows if she |
| way. | | | | needs help it is not a stranger, but her own son (or |
| Having an emergency response system installed in | | | | daughter---if I am not available the system will dial my |
| your parent's home is almost like having someone living | | | | sister's phone next) that is just the push of a button |
| with them 24/7---They are never alone. | | | | away. |
| The system I installed for my mom cost me less than | | | | If you have a parent or relative who lives alone, please |
| fifty dollars and instead of paying 40 dollars or more | | | | do them a favor and check out a personal assistance |
| each month for a monitoring service I set it up to call | | | | alert system today. You will be grateful that you did. |
| my own phone. I was even able to listen in to find out | | | | And, more importantly.... |
| if she way seriously injured and to let her know I was | | | | |