New Breakthrough Technology For Seniors To Catch Them When They Fall
Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s a pendant medical alert device made for seniors to alert authorities when they’ve taken a fall, even if those individuals can’t alert the authorities themselves.
The Story: Royal Philips Electronics ( PHG, AEX: PHI) today introduced Lifeline with AutoAlert, an enhanced medical alert service. This integrated solution offers an added layer of protection by combining the industry-leading Philips Lifeline medical alert service with automatic fall detection capabilities. Lifeline with AutoAlert features the only pendant-style help button that can automatically call for help if a fall is detected and a senior is unable to push his or her help button. According to an internal laboratory study of simulated falls, Lifeline with AutoAlert detected 95 percent of many types of falls and had a low rate of false alarms.
Seniors are living longer and remaining in their own homes; however, falls have become an epidemic problem that jeopardizes seniors’ chances to live independently. Every year in the U.S., one out of three people age 65 and over will fall. This statistic translates to 13.3 million people who will fall in 2010, or one person falling every 2.3 seconds on average.
Among seniors, falls are the leading cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma, as well as injury-related deaths. Close to 50% of seniors can’t get up from a fall without help and lying on the floor for an extended period of time can lead to serious complications, including: pressure ulcers, muscle necrosis, dehydration, hypothermia and pneumonia. The care and treatment of these potentially preventable complications are costly to the healthcare system and negatively impact quality of life for seniors.
Lifeline with AutoAlert is designed to help reduce the risk of long lie times. If a fall victim receives help more quickly, that may reduce emotional distress and potential costs of extended treatment, rehabilitation and supported living. With AutoAlert, if a fall is detected, subscribers still have the opportunity to receive quick access to assistance even in situations where they can’t push their button, for example, if they lose consciousness, become immobilized, forget to push their button or won’t push their button because they feel they can manage the situation independently. Just as important, the service can provide added confidence and peace of mind to the 22 million seniors who fear falling.
“One of the greatest threats to seniors is falls and associated injuries,” said Walter van Kuijen, senior vice president and general manager, Home Monitoring, for Philips Healthcare. “For the cost of a cup of coffee a day, Lifeline with AutoAlert can help seniors maintain their independence and provide their caregivers even more peace of mind.”
Bevereley Stoakley, a Lifeline program manager at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, an AutoAlert beta test site said, “Lifeline with AutoAlert provided a fast way for one of my subscribers to get help. I believe by intervening quickly, my subscriber was revived from a faint pulse and likely avoided medical complications that often result from long lie times. My subscriber was back at home in two days.”
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Lifeline Systems technology is truly a beautiful breakthrough to catch the elderly when they fall. What makes it ugly is its price. So even if I wanted to get the offered monitoring alert services of this company for my mother, I decided not to so to avoid giving myself a financial problem later. At first it was too saddening, but good thing that decision turned out to be right after I found Just5 phone during my search for an alternative for Lifeline Systems.
Just5 phone is obviously a cell phone. But the amazing thing about this device is that it is also designed to provide the elderly with security by giving them the capability to call for help when they need to. Yes! Just5 phone also works as PERS. In fact, this surpass the function of a conventional PERS similar to the technology that is being offered by Lifeline Systems as this does not limit the elderly to stay within the scope of the signal provided by the basic unit. In other words, the elderly will have the freedom to enjoy the fresh air in the park or enjoy a conversation with their neighbors. There’ll be no worries wherever they choose to go!
Essentially, Just5 phone is capable to hold five preprogrammed numbers that will be automatically dialed when the S.O.S. button was pushed. This time, the phone will send automated texts as well to inform those people who will be contacted that the user of the phone is in bad condition and needs their help. More so, the phone produces a very loud siren to draw the attention of people in the nearby area. And I can prove that all of these features work right because my mother was once stuck in a situation when she needed to push the S.O.S. button. Because the phone turns into a loud speaker mode once the S.O.S. button was pressed, my mother was able to easily convey her situation when I got the call.
So to speak, Just5 phone isn’t just an affordable cell phone and PERS in one device, it is also perfectly reliable in all instances.
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