There are several types of medical alarms. Depending on your needs, they can work very differently in terms of price, service, and like them. If you choose a medical alert, you must first examine the business and the services they provide. What is the reliability of the equipment? Do they offer assistance 24 hours? What is the speed of their reaction? These are just some of the questions that you decide what to ask go ahead and service.

Most medical alarms and personal emergency response system (people) are connected to your existing phone line with a monitoring device special 2-way or a cabinet. The console uses a very powerful speaker and a sensitive microphone so that you hear in a position anywhere in the house. Most alarms have a wireless, one-button, water resistant, the device (typically you can choose from a necklace or bracelet) that interacts with the console when help is needed. The switch box is located near the phone, you immediately notify by telephone or (if the emergency button is pressed) to a qualified professional that the call from the patient or contact with the relevant parties back. If there is no answer, will help to be sent. Depending on the situation, a friend, relative or an ambulance is called. medical alarms are suitable for pregnant women, the elderly, the disabled or people with diabetes.

There are also medical alarms to your existing alarm system or security may be appropriate. If you have an existing alarm system, we recommend you contact your utility to see if they provide a medical alert as well. Note that in this situation, check the reliability of their service because they are not medical emergencies (but perhaps do) want to specialize. Be sure to ask.

I ask that you purchase a medical alert service.

* What is the speed of reaction?
* Is it the battery from a console?
* Is the existing phone line to your console?
* What happens if the phone is busy in an emergency?
* If the wireless transmitter waterproof?
* Is there a warranty on parts and labor and services?
* To what extent he can communicate with the issuer of the console?
* What are the monthly fees?
* What is the reaction formed a team?
* All other fees. Installation fees, activation or termination?
* How reliable is the material response teams, information systems?

Below is a publication of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Falls are often due to hazards that easy to forget, but are easy to fix. The list contains information on the risks in any room of your home. For each hazard class, the checklist tells you how to fix the problem.

Safety Tips

* Keep emergency numbers in large print near each phone.
* Install a telephone near the ground if you fall and get up again.
* Consider wearing a medical alert is to help you if you fall and can not get up again.

Floor – on the floor in each room

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* If you enter a room, you have to walk around furniture? Ask someone to move furniture if the road clear.
* Do you have carpet on the floor? Remove the rugs or double-sided tape or a non-slip surface, so that no slip of the carpet.
* Newspapers, magazines, books, shoes, boxes, blankets, towels or other objects on the ground? Get your stuff on the floor. Keep objects off the floor.
* Do you need to go over or around cords or son on foot (such as lights, extension cords, telephone or cable)? Coil or tape cords and son on the wall, so you do not trip over it. Have an electrician put in another outlet.

Stairs and steps – look at the stairs you use both inside and outside your home

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* Are papers, shoes, books or other objects on the stairs? Get things in the staircase. Keep objects from the stairway.
* The few steps broken or uneven? Set loose or uneven steps.
* You still need a light on the stairs? Have you set a craftsman or an electrician in a skylight at the top and bottom of the stairs.
* At the stairway light bulb? Ask a friend or family member change the light bulb.
* Do you have a single switch for your stairs (only at the top or bottom of the stairs)? Have you set a craftsman or an electrician in a switch on the top and bottom of the stairs. You can get to switch, the /> form. * The handrails loose or broken? Is there a handrail on one side of the stairs? Fix loose handrails or new position. Make sure handrails on both sides of the stairs, and as long as the stairs.
* Is the carpet on the steps loose or torn? Make sure the carpet firmly attached with every step or remove the carpet and attach non-slip rubber steps on the stairs.

Kitchen – your kitchen and dining room

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* Use often on high shelves? Move items in your cabinets. Keep things you use often on shelves (about waist height)
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* Is this your chair restlessly? Get hold of a new stable step stool with a bar. Never use a chair as a stepladder.

Bedrooms – View all your rooms

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* When reaching the light near the bed hard? Place a lamp near the bed where she easy to reach.
* If this is the way to stay in the dark bathroom? Put in a night-light so that you can see where you walk. Some night-lights go on themselves after dark.

Bathroom – for all your bathroom look

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* Is the tub or shower floor slippery? Put a rubber mat anti-slip or tape on the floor of the tub or shower.
* Do you have support when you enter and exit the tub or the toilet? Have a handyman or carpenter put grab rails in the bath tub and next to the toilet.

What can you do to prevent falls

* Exercise regularly. Exercise makes you stronger and improves your balance and coordination.
* Ask your doctor or pharmacist of all medications you take, including prescription drugs. Some drugs can cause drowsiness or dizziness.
* Have your vision checked at least once a year by an ophthalmologist. Poor vision can increase your risk of falls.
* Stand up slowly after sitting or lying down.
* Wear slip-resistant footwear with thin soles. Avoid slippers and shoes with thick soles.
* Improve the lighting in your home. Use light bulbs (at least 60 watts). Lamp shades or frosted bulbs use to reduce the glare.
* Use reflective tape on the top and bottom of the stairs, so you can see them better.
* Paint door thresholds to prevent another color release.


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