Who Needs A Home Medical Alert

Determining if a Life Medical Alert is right for you or someone in your care

Coming to the decision to purchase a home medical alert is never an easy process. There are many factors to keep in perspective while broaching the subject, including complex issues surrounding medical concerns, continued independence and home safety. A life medical alert is designed specifically to insure safety while maximizing independence for seniors while providing peace of mind for caregivers.

The following are some of the factors to identify if you or someone in your care is a good candidate for a Home Medical Alert:

• History of falls and an inability to get up on their own. Falls are the largest contributing factor to a decline in senior health. Each fall increases the likelihood of complications. Responding quickly to a fall through use of a medical alert button can help minimize these complications and prevent critical medical emergencies.

• Required to take multiple medications or history of medication management problems. With more and more medications prescribed for critical functions, emergencies can arise with difficulties in medication management.

• Seniors with sensory disabilities. Difficulty in sight, hearing and balance can lead to accidents and falls requiring a Home Medical Alert.

• A person more than 75 years of age. After this age, seniors tend toward more serious health complications and increase in the propensity for falls and emergencies that can jeopardize their safety.

• Seniors living alone or left alone for extended periods. Without continual accompaniment, seniors have no help in time of emergency. The most obvious benefit of a life medical alert is the immediate attention that anyone with Lifefone recieves.

• Use of mobility assistance devices. With a lack of mobility comes the use of walkers, canes and crutches – and an increased likelihood of a fall without the ability to get upright.

• Obstacles in the home. Several common household features such as stairs and bathtubs can provide the opportunity to become safety hazards and are difficult and expensive to retrofit. These hazards can't be avoided, though help can be provided in the case of an emergency.

• Feeling unsafe at home alone. Seniors can feel vulnerable when left alone at home in neighborhoods whose character may have changed over the years. Knowing assistance is available through a Home Medical Alert for a non-medical safety issue increases the value of the system.

• Recent or frequent hospitalizations. With each hospitalization, the incidence of health complications is statistically proven to rise in frequency. A Home Medical Alert provides an insurance policy for seniors with a history of hospitalizations.

• Physical frailty or physically weak. As seniors age and lose strength, once simple tasks can prove unexpectedly overwhelming and cause a serious fall. While facing a lack of strength can be difficult, doing so with a fall can be an emergency that a Medical Alert Button can insure against.