"Panic button" for elderly person

[ros_b]

Hi. Can anyone recommend a "panic button" type device for an elderly person living alone? I've found mySos and MyLifeline. Wondering if there are others and which ones people recommend.
Thanks.

 

[maumau]

Namola if they have a cell phone.

 

[PsyWulf]

Vodacom's got those tracker/sos watches on a monthly deal

 

[lexor]

Secura - https://www.secura.co.za/secura-panic-button/

Virtual Panic button ( on phone ) - https://www.outsurance.co.za/outsurance-digital/panic-assistance/

 

[upup]

We got a very good reaction company, putting a alarm remote on them will work, you need response.
Know a lady in bloem who had one, left it in the house , went out to the garden, and was murdered.

 

[ros_b]

Thanks all. Perhaps "panic button" was the wrong terminology - it's not her personal safety from an external threat that I'm concerned about. It's if she falls and doesn't have her cellphone within reach, or something happens that she can't physically use her cellphone. The other night she started shivering uncontrollably and couldn't steady her fingers enough to use her cellphone. Then she collapsed when getting off the toilet and hadn't taken her cellphone with her into the bathroom. She had to spend the night on the bathroom floor until the domestic worker came in the next morning.

 

[upup]

panic bottom around the neck. And choose the one with the biggest bottom.

 

[PsyWulf]

Thanks all. Perhaps "panic button" was the wrong terminology - it's not her personal safety from an external threat that I'm concerned about. It's if she falls and doesn't have her cellphone within reach, or something happens that she can't physically use her cellphone. The other night she started shivering uncontrollably and couldn't steady her fingers enough to use her cellphone. Then she collapsed when getting off the toilet and hadn't taken her cellphone with her into the bathroom. She had to spend the night on the bathroom floor until the domestic worker came in the next morning.

The watch is a good option then

 

[Willie Trombone]

panic bottom around the neck. And choose the one with the biggest bottom.

I'm trying to picture that.

 

[sand_man]

Namola.

 

[upup]

I'm trying to picture that.

remote fitted on a neck strap

 

[Willie Trombone]

remote fitted on a neck strap

I kind of got it but had images of my granny walking around with someone's big bum around her neck.

 

[supersunbird]

remote fitted on a neck strap

You said bottom, not button.

 

[supersunbird]

Namola.

Sounds like the app, so the pretty heavy item (phone) must be on linyard around neck?

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

While a panic device is good, you also need something that will let you know automatically when they are incapacitated. A panic device can't provide that.

To this end, I suggest a dead man's switch - if you don't know what it means: the concept is really simple. It's a device that either manually, or automatically waits for an input and if the input is not received within x minutes, an alarm alert is raised, either via GSM, or Wifi, etc.

 

[Marsie27]

Of course we don't know the circumstances, or what alternatives there are, but has an assessment been made as to whether this person is fit enough to be living alone?

 

[Willie Trombone]

While a panic device is good, you also need something that will let you know automatically when they are incapacitated. A panic device can't provide that.

To this end, I suggest a dead man's switch - if you don't know what it means: the concept is really simple. It's a device that either manually, or automatically waits for an input and if the input is not received within x minutes, an alarm alert is raised, either via GSM, or Wifi, etc.

So two contacts clenched between the butt cheeks?

 

[krycor]

Apple Watch has fall detection and the cellular version doesn’t need to be connected to a phone which helps with range. The nice bonus is the HR monitoring which is useful for diagnosing cardiac cases (historic data is gold) sometimes (not as good as the medical device thing but gives insight where none would be available).

Not sure if fall detection works in SA.. but that’s useful. I’d still go with a mySOS button thing for assistance too though.

PS. Apple and family stuff is a bit of a hit and miss especially with sharing data. ie personal data, like health, remains that even though in some cases it makes sense to share it like with kids or old parents to primary managing parent/kid. Most frustrating is the picture stuff.

 

[roskii]

Get a Namola 'Panic Tracker'. Emergency services can call you through the device. No need for a cellphone.

Namola Plus | Namola

Namola Plus is a fantastic way for users to get help in even more ways.

www.namola.com