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<p>About 5 years ago I got my 85+ year old father an older generation of this dedicated Medical Alert<span> </span><a href="https://www.costco.com/active-4g-medical-alert-by-medical-guardian%2c-includes-3-months-of-service.product.100574822.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">device</a><span> </span>and service sold by Costco. (My dad hardly ever carried a cell phone.)</p>
<p>It has a call button, a two way speaker telephone on the Verizon cell network (so there is no base station), a GPS, a fall detector, water-resistance, etc. You need to recharge the battery every few days.</p>
<p>You pay a monthly fee (~$40) for the service which was US based.</p>
<p>-- Mitch</p>
<p id="v1reply-intro">On 2022-01-01 22:13, Rich Moffitt wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr">I don't own any of the watches in this list, but it looks like a reasonably well researched list, with Apple Watch or Samsung Galaxy Watch being the best choices:
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<div>I have a Garmin Vivoactive 3 that doesn't support fall detection. Watches with their own cellular connection would probably be worth it so they can work even if not connected to a phone, though that of course increases their price.</div>
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<div class="v1v1gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 9:40 PM Anne O'Neill <<a href="mailto:aboneill7@hotmail.com" rel="noreferrer">aboneill7@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Have recently been thinking the same. Have no input but very interested in responses.<br />
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<div>On Jan 1, 2022, at 7:26 PM, <a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" rel="noreferrer">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a> wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">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></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">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></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">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></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">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></u><u></u></span></div>
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