Creating a Safe Environment & Peace of Mind
Caregivers are constantly looking for safe ways to increase independence for their loved ones and make daily life more manageable, including their own. When you’re pulled in a million directions all day long, you simply can’t be everywhere at once.
One safety technology that’s rapidly evolving to facilitate emergency attention for seniors who are at risk of falling is medical alert devices. They’ve been around for a long time, but in the last several years they are getting smarter and more advanced.
Medical alert devices fill a key need for many families and the concept is simple: your loved one wears a lightweight device around their neck or on their wrist. If they fall or are in trouble, they simply press a button on the device which sends a call directly to a central monitoring center. Trained emergency staff then assess the situation and send immediate medical help, if needed.
The devices also come with an optional fall detection feature so that onsite help can be sent if the user is unable to press the button.
As the caregiver, you get the peace of mind knowing that your loved one is protected while they’re alone and will get help, quickly, if they need it.
Who’s Doing it Right?
One of the leaders in the medical alert and connected health space is LifeStation. They’ve been in business for 16 years and protect thousands of customers from two state of the art central monitoring stations in both New Jersey and Texas. They also recently won TMA Monitoring Center of the Year, one of the industry’s key awards recognizing quality and adherence to the highest standards.
Recently, LifeStation launched a brand-new mobile product which offers key advancements and is worth a look if you need a medical alert device for someone. First, it uses AT&T’s 4G LTE network which is important, not only because it’s very fast, but also because telecom providers are in the process of shutting down their 3G networks. It will take some time, but better to be on the newer technology.
Second, they have an exclusive Amazon Alexa Skill aimed to give caregivers instant access to information about the user’s account, including real-time location information for mobile devices. This is unique in the industry so far and uses a proprietary feature called Find My Loved One, which handles the location technology.
The new mobile device also paves the way for integrating remote patient monitoring devices which can report on critical health information, such as blood pressure, movement in the home, heart rate, etc.
To round things out, it comes equipped with nice to have custom voice prompts to alert you when power levels pass below certain thresholds, it has a long battery life, and is fully waterproof.
LifeStation seems clearly focused on what’s coming next, and what caregivers need in order protect their loved ones while creating the flexible home environment that they need.
You can visit lifestation.com to learn more.