A patient who is in her 80's and lives alone, while her son lives nearby in town showed me this last week. (Sorry, tried to upload a photo of it- drat this Blogger!)
Basically, it's a cell phone that you can get through the usual cell phone vendors that is well designed and intended for older folks (especially ones living alone).
It's large and soft enough to be held easily, but is only slightly larger than most cell phones. It opens like a clamshell phone, so the keyboard is protected from damage or accidental activation.
The keys and display are large enough to read and to use easily, even by folks with less than 20/20 vision or "arthur-itis".
A special model of this has three keys colored green, yellow and red. One calls Operator, one calls Help (such as a friend, relative or neighbor) and one calls 911.
My patient liked this over the usual LifeLine pendant ("Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!"), because it works outside the home, and she can also call her son instead of every distress call resulting in an EMT/fire department response.
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