Honey, I don't need that yet!
I hear it all the time, “Honey, I don’t need that yet!” I want to say, “Honey, oh yes you do!!”
Who would say that to me? Seniors, of course. Wonderful, proud, independent people of a certain age. What age might that be? Well, somewhere in the neighborhood of “My body is 85 but inside I’m still 50, but my body just doesn’t know it yet,” (wink, wink). I’m famous for saying, “I’m not 25 anymore” when in fact, inside, I think I’m still in my 30’s, but my body…well, I’m not telling you (wink, wink).
Quite often I hear their reasoning: I’m healthy; I don’t want to wear a big, ugly thing around my neck (grandma’s medical alert); my daughter/son calls me every day to check on me; I can get to the phone or to the pull cord if I do need help; a caregiver comes in for a few hours every other day; I live with my daughter (no mention of her working all day). What’s not being said: I’m not that old yet; I don’t want to admit that I might need help; I don’t want to look vulnerable or weak; I’m afraid my kids are going to put me in a nursing home. What they don’t realize is that being able to call for help 24/7 with the push of a button, and receiving personalized medication reminders and check-ins, could add years to their lives.
I’ll admit, it’s not an easy conversation for adult children, caregivers or care managers to initiate but the consequences of not discussing it are dire. Here are some real-world situations to think about where not having an Electronic Caregiver Premier emergency alert system with GPS tracking can mean the difference between life and death, or prolonged recovery times from not getting expedited emergency help when needed: Joan is out walking her dog and she trips on the curb, falls and breaks her hip. Her cell phone is tucked away in her pocket on the broken hip side and there is no way she can retrieve it. When is that Good Samaritan showing up? Earl is working in the garage, cuts himself badly, becomes too weak to call out for help and darn it, that cell phone the kids got for him is in the house and not charged anyway. Will he be found in time? Eleanor, a widow is adjusting to living alone for the first time in over fifty years. It’s midnight and someone is breaking into the house. Terrified, she needs to call 911 but first she has to turn on the light, put on her glasses and reach for the phone. How much time does that take? Peggy is still driving in spite of some memory loss and confusion and she can’t find her way back to her senior community. She is actually wearing her community issued neck pendant but when she pushes it, it doesn’t work because she has left the grounds. She’s starting to panic and in that state does not know what to do. Will anyone find her before dark? Tragedy after tragedy waiting to happen that could be averted.
As my colleague says, ‘they are playing Russian roulette with their independence and safety’ because the numbers tell a different story, with 3 million people in the U.S. needing medical treatment for fall injuries every year, to the tune of $50 billion in total medical costs! Adding insult and extra suffering to injury, the average length of time someone waits for help after a fall, is nearly 18 hours! Hmm…how’s that phone or pull cord working for you? Not so well, after all.
Electronic Caregiver Premier and the new Pro Health systems provide 24/7 emergency response, critical activity monitoring, GPS tracking, medication reminders, personalized health messages, a mobile app for family and caregivers, vitals monitoring, remote patient monitoring, and 24/7 access to physicians.
We all know more than one Joan, Earl, Eleanor, and Peggy, don’t we? Call me today to schedule a demonstration. Because, honey, they need us! Stat!!
Dot Boyd
Senior Safety Specialist
dot@dotforseniorsafety.com
Direct: 916-799-1660 call/text
Check out my 5-star reviews on Google! https://g.page/dotforseniorsafety?we
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Who would say that to me? Seniors, of course. Wonderful, proud, independent people of a certain age. What age might that be? Well, somewhere in the neighborhood of “My body is 85 but inside I’m still 50, but my body just doesn’t know it yet,” (wink, wink). I’m famous for saying, “I’m not 25 anymore” when in fact, inside, I think I’m still in my 30’s, but my body…well, I’m not telling you (wink, wink).
Quite often I hear their reasoning: I’m healthy; I don’t want to wear a big, ugly thing around my neck (grandma’s medical alert); my daughter/son calls me every day to check on me; I can get to the phone or to the pull cord if I do need help; a caregiver comes in for a few hours every other day; I live with my daughter (no mention of her working all day). What’s not being said: I’m not that old yet; I don’t want to admit that I might need help; I don’t want to look vulnerable or weak; I’m afraid my kids are going to put me in a nursing home. What they don’t realize is that being able to call for help 24/7 with the push of a button, and receiving personalized medication reminders and check-ins, could add years to their lives.
I’ll admit, it’s not an easy conversation for adult children, caregivers or care managers to initiate but the consequences of not discussing it are dire. Here are some real-world situations to think about where not having an Electronic Caregiver Premier emergency alert system with GPS tracking can mean the difference between life and death, or prolonged recovery times from not getting expedited emergency help when needed: Joan is out walking her dog and she trips on the curb, falls and breaks her hip. Her cell phone is tucked away in her pocket on the broken hip side and there is no way she can retrieve it. When is that Good Samaritan showing up? Earl is working in the garage, cuts himself badly, becomes too weak to call out for help and darn it, that cell phone the kids got for him is in the house and not charged anyway. Will he be found in time? Eleanor, a widow is adjusting to living alone for the first time in over fifty years. It’s midnight and someone is breaking into the house. Terrified, she needs to call 911 but first she has to turn on the light, put on her glasses and reach for the phone. How much time does that take? Peggy is still driving in spite of some memory loss and confusion and she can’t find her way back to her senior community. She is actually wearing her community issued neck pendant but when she pushes it, it doesn’t work because she has left the grounds. She’s starting to panic and in that state does not know what to do. Will anyone find her before dark? Tragedy after tragedy waiting to happen that could be averted.
As my colleague says, ‘they are playing Russian roulette with their independence and safety’ because the numbers tell a different story, with 3 million people in the U.S. needing medical treatment for fall injuries every year, to the tune of $50 billion in total medical costs! Adding insult and extra suffering to injury, the average length of time someone waits for help after a fall, is nearly 18 hours! Hmm…how’s that phone or pull cord working for you? Not so well, after all.
Electronic Caregiver Premier and the new Pro Health systems provide 24/7 emergency response, critical activity monitoring, GPS tracking, medication reminders, personalized health messages, a mobile app for family and caregivers, vitals monitoring, remote patient monitoring, and 24/7 access to physicians.
We all know more than one Joan, Earl, Eleanor, and Peggy, don’t we? Call me today to schedule a demonstration. Because, honey, they need us! Stat!!
Dot Boyd
Senior Safety Specialist
dot@dotforseniorsafety.com
Direct: 916-799-1660 call/text
Check out my 5-star reviews on Google! https://g.page/dotforseniorsafety?we
dotforseniorsafety.com
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