For Safety Sake

PLEASE- anyone who is, or has a loved one who is in delicate health, whether Alzheimers or any other condition, or even if you simply live alone, please get an emergency call button with a fall alarm. Even if the person can no longer remember how to use the phone, or any other lifesaving ADLs, if they bang the thing on a countertop, wall, or God forbid if they fall, it will call a dispatcher and if there isn't a suitable response on the speaker within a specific amount of time, the EMTs will show up at your door to do a welfare check. Even if it's in error, it's well worth the inconvenience to be sure you or your loved one is safe. Additionally, many communities have a daily call check service in which volunteers have a list of ppl to call once or twice a day to prevent unknown tragedy.