[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] a question

[S Ou]

Happy New Year!
J&J and Apple are doing a study of seniors such as ourselves and if you are
selected you can get an apple watch for somewhere between $50 and $80.  I
joined the study but was put in a group that did not use a watch. Many
restrictions (need to own an iPhone at least as young as a 6s), read the
details at https://www.heartline.com/.   I know several folks who have been
put in the apple watch portion of the study and are happily using their
discounted devices.   The apple watch has a "fall detector" that can call
for help if you impact the ground. A friend's mother also used it to call
him when she fell and her phone was on the counter (she was on the floor) -
placed the call via the watch.

I don't think I would have been happy with the battery life - read up the
details.  A battery on a wearable device should imho last a week and many
fall quite short of that ideal capacity.  The tech is very cute:  there is
a magnetic external charger button that snaps to the back of the watch to
charge it.

Maybe other (Samsung watch?) have similar capabilities, I am just not well
informed on those.



On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 7:27 PM <jjrudy1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Now that I have reached senior status I have begun considering whether it
> is a good idea to have some sort of a wearable medical alert.
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> 15 years ago I got one for my mother but it only worked in her apartment
> and as long as she was within a short distance from the controller and her
> telephone.
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> With the changes in technology over the years I assume that there must be
> reasonably-priced devices that work in a shower and from wherever one is.
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> I’d be interested in input from someone who has studied this and has some
> sort of device and experience with it.  One of my first thoughts was an
> Apple watch but I have no Apple products and my gut says that this would be
> an expensive option.
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> John
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> John Rudy
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