<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">The question is:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">With the Apple Watch (or other alternative), if you fall and need help (or chest pain, etc) will the device make it easy for you to call for help?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">If an Apple Watch (Barbara:) how do you use it to call for help in an emergency situation?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">-steve<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 9:13 AM Barbara Mende <<a href="mailto:barbara@moosehill.com">barbara@moosehill.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">I had a Lifeline that was always issuing false alarms. It didn't take long for the Apple Watch I replaced it with to pay for itself.</div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, January 1, 2022, 10:30:21 PM EST, Mitchell I. Wolfe <<a href="mailto:mwolfe@vinebrook.com" target="_blank">mwolfe@vinebrook.com</a>> wrote:
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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 shape="rect" href="https://www.costco.com/active-4g-medical-alert-by-medical-guardian%2c-includes-3-months-of-service.product.100574822.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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>
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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 dir="ltr">On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 9:40 PM Anne O'Neill <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:aboneill7@hotmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aboneill7@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>Have recently been thinking the same. Have no input but very interested in responses.<br clear="none">
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<div>On Jan 1, 2022, at 7:26 PM, <a shape="rect" href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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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