A patient's daughter recommended this alert device, based on her use of it for her father who is medically frail and lives alone.(Disclaimer: this is useful information being passed on, not a product endorsement.)
The idea with alert devices is for elderly folks to have a quick and easy way to summon help if needed (think: Help! I've fallen down and I can't get up!)
The device costs about $148 (see this Amazon link) as a single purchase. Otherwise, there is no installation fee or monthly subscription fee.
You can set up to 5 numbers (including 911 if you wish) that the device will automatically dial in succession if a button is pushed on the base or on a wireless pendant. If no one answers on call #1, the device goes next to call #2, and so on. Thus, you can opt to call family or neighbors as opposed to every call out summoning the fire department.
The only potential drawbacks that have been pointed out are that the button can be activated fairly easily (as in rolling onto it in sleep), and that the device will leave a message on a message machine and stop calling further numbers. Perhaps setting calls to go to cell phones is better.
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