Life station, Get Safe good extras, Medical Guardian. Mom was scared of hers she thought they were listening to her lol.

Great Call at Walmart is $25 a month.

I have no experience with the company myself.

Where I lived before, there was Phillips LifeLine. The systems were installed by and billed by the local hospital, but the monitoring was nationwide. And where we were, the costs were scaled to income. But back then, my elderly friend paid $25/month, and got daily (or more) checks. https://www.lifeline.philips.com/medical-alert-systems/compare-homesafe.html

Thank You!

Help Now Emergeny Pendant available on Amazon. $99.95

The new ones have GPS. Friend has one. No monthly fees!

I had Great Call and had no prblems. Say "had" because i fell and broke y hi and am now residing in a place that has it's own system.ifit weren't for my medical alert i might still be lying in my driveway! There was no probem trying to terminate coverage like some stories I've heard abut others.

Original Medicare will not cover it. Some advantage plans do, as well as some supplemental plans, but most do not.

Check with your local Office for the Aging. My local Office has their own program which was way cheaper than anything publically available.

Those are great ideas. I’ll check them out. It’s a really great thing to have around your neck incase of emergencies. Honestly cellphones are much bigger these days and not as easy to attach to your body when cleaning or doing chores.

I was given VAlert...I wear as bracelet...but could wear as necklace. I have no idea of the original cost and it alerts my three kids but does NOT have any fees to pay. I like it especially because it has a fall detection...but you need to have a cell phone within range.

My parents had Phillips lifeline, it was $55/month. They kept it even after they got a caregiver, and I finally cancelled it after both were in a facility. They didn't need a cell phone, we opted not to because they never went out of the house without someone.

phoggie, I looked up the device you mentioned and described. My first reaction was to think, what a cool use of a smartphone via an app. But then checking further on Amazon, the ratings are very mixed and overall aren't very good. For a variety of reasons. Take a look and see what you think.

I know this is not what you are asking for but I do use my cellphone in a carrier around my waist at home. Make sure its on especially going up/down stairs or outside in yard and on the shower door when showering. Just not at the point where I feel need for real life alert, but being alone... I'm being cautious.

Sister in law lived alone and needed and had real security alarm to be worn around her neck. We were her people to be notified. Many times we weren't notified until she or a neighbor called. Alarm lived on her bedpost. Can't tell you how much I miss her.

Use the darn things!

Consider calling the local fire department, for the name and number of their dispatch agency - and ask the dispatch agency. They (the dispatch agency) are the ones who process the calls, and can tell you which services are used in the area.

HSN sells one for about 75-80 $ with no monthly fee attached to it. I don't know how the reviews are on it.

I bought 2 of those amazon dot things for in the house. if I'd fall somewhere inside, I can call out to it to dial a 'buddy system' of people for help. in my case, it'd be my sister who lives about 2 miles away.

Maxmom, I'm sorry to see you've broken a hip. I wish you a speedy recovery!

In some areas your county health department may have a section for the aging. Someone in the Y water group has a bracelet through her county.

raven, your story about your mom reminded me of mine. One of my brothers and I purchased Life Alert for our mother and she wore a pendant around her neck. She had a fall and didn't push the button because she didn't want to "bother anyone".

Yes, I am serious.

The not wanting to bother someone is why a friends husband sat in the garden all day, lied to his wife, because he could not get his legs to function so he could stand up.

In this area they're available through an agency related to the hospital, at about 30 bucks to set up and about that rate per month.

We pushed uncle to get one after his wife died, as he'd been a cattle farmer and had some in the barn, and he did, not long before he died.

It worked through his house phone and covered limited area, 400 - 500 feet approx. from the base phone.

I figure that I need a cell phone, as I travel more than he did.

I figure that I need to find or make a pocket/holster in which to carry it, and attach it to my belt, to have it with me all of the time.

ole joyfuelled (spell-check doesn't like me referring to myself that way)

Sad story alert.

DH's mother lived for awhile in one of those residence centers for old people. all the old ladies had their various pendants and bracelets though the place had panic buttons and pulls here and there. One of the few old guys made fun of all the ladies, picking on them unmercifully for wasting money. He fell in his shower and somehow got wedged in and couldn't get out. He couldn't reach a cord apparently and when they finally found him it was too late. The shower had been on the whole time. All the old ladies congratulated themselves. We used two different systems for her but they change so quickly and this has been a few years so I wont suggest. She did use hers three times.