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With advanced healthcare and better awareness of lifestyle choices such as diet and activity, our parents are living better and longer. Many of them, like my father, choose to continue to live alone in their own homes, even after their spouses have passed on. While it is great to see my dad enjoying life and being independent, it is a worry. I can’t be there all the time and he certainly doesn’t want me to be. This is why an emergency alert button – a simple button that your parent can press when he or she has an emergency – is vital to helping take care of your parents and give you peace of mind. While it might be challenging for some senior citizens to accept the idea of using an emergency alert button because it makes them “feel old,” consider the following:
5 Reasons You Need An Emergency Alert Button For Your Independent, Senior Parents
1. One out of three adults age 65 and older fall and almost 50% of adults over 80 will have a fall each year. With ATC Alert, you have a trusted friend monitoring your mom or dad at all times with advanced features like fall detection.
2. Almost 50% of non-injured fallers cannot get up without help. Immobilized fallers are 80% more likely to survive if they get help immediately. One button is all your elderly parents need to have immediate access to group chat, the 24 hour help line or 911.
3. Emergency alert buttons aren’t just meant for falls: They save lives in any type of emergency. For example: every minute that a stroke victim goes unattended, the chance of permanent disability or death increases dramatically. With GPS location tracking, that crucial time is not wasted. Your loved one can go shopping or enjoy a walk in the park and still have peace of mind.
4. Putting a parent in an assisted living community is extremely expensive: Sometimes more than $10,000/month. At approximately $1 a day, purchasing an ATC Alert buttons is a very cost efficient alternative solution that ensures your senior parents are protected 24/7, 365 days of the year.
5. The system works. Every month, thousands of seniors get assistance from an emergency alert button. ATC’s Diamond-Certified Monitoring Centers assist seniors in distress daily.
This small, unobtrusive device can be there when you can not, help your parents live alone successfully and quite possibly, save a life.
Do you have an independent senior parent that would benefit from an Emergency Alert Button?
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