<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Apple Watch is also good for monitoring for Atrial Fibrillation and recording a single-lead ECG for your doctor to use diagnostically when/if an episode of suspected AF occurs. You can also have the watch record a single-lead ECG for your doctor whenever you sense palpitations. Apple Watch will also alert you if your pulse rate goes dangerously low. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You’d need to make sure that the Apple Watch you purchase has the features you desire. I think Apple still sells older models, such as the iWatch 3, which, although inexpensive, do not have those features. <br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don’t know if Apple Watch’s medical features can work in conjunction with any cell phone other than iPhone. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Whatever the relative cost of the Apple Watch, it may be less than it cost for your mom's monitoring system, plus it includes a ton of cool features beyond the medical*. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> -John B</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">*Perhaps has something to do with why Apple’s corporate value has now grown to $3,000,000,000,000.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 1, 2022, at 8:11 PM, M. Hawkins <<a href="mailto:mhawkins4@gmail.com" class="">mhawkins4@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Hi</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">We were concerned about my dad as he is an avid birdwatcher and we worried that something would happen if he fell and no one knew where he was so we bought him an Apple Watch with fall detection and cellular data so he doesn’t have to always carry his phone. I also added him on “Find my ….” on my phone so I can also see where he is. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I did a lot of research on options and this was the best and most economical option. AARP also suggested what we did for my dad. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I have the same setup and it works well. I slipped down the hill in our backyard and hit the ground hard 2 years ago. Suddenly my watch started screeching and it took me a few seconds to figure out what was going on. I turned it off but if I hadn’t, it would have called for help. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">~Melissa</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 7:27 PM John Rudy <<a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" class="">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""><div class="m_3623327441195873123WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">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.<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">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.<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">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.<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">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.<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">John<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">John Rudy<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">781-861-0402<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class="">781-718-8334 cell<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span id="cid:17e185138e9ad7999131"><image001.png></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p></div></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></blockquote></div></div>
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