OAP fall alarm bracelets

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

It looks as though my family are going to have to provide my dad with one of these following a leg amputation as he’s determined to return home and live there. He’s 87 years old and my mum is 84 so we need him to be able to summon help if he falls. There are lots of these products on the market so I’d be interested to get some feedback on the different types please.

I think a bracket that can detect a fall itself would be ideal, and we don’t mind how much the service costs as long as it works well.

[elise2000]

Most local authorities will have a service that supplies then for a smallish cost. Think I was paying £25ish a month for one with all the options. I’d phone your council

[DodgyGeezer]

MiL has an orange button 'braclet' and can state, categorically, that it has saved her life on more than one occasion. Cost, iirc, is about £160p/a - well worth it in our experience.

[sparkyhx]

DodgyGeezer said:

MiL has an orange button 'braclet' and can state, categorically, that it has saved her life on more than one occasion. Cost, iirc, is about £160p/a - well worth it in our experience.

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[popeyewhite]

sparkyhx said:

DodgyGeezer said:

MiL has an orange button 'braclet' and can state, categorically, that it has saved her life on more than one occasion. Cost, iirc, is about £160p/a - well worth it in our experience.

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Definitely.

People have been round to my mum's and picked her up after a fall at least three times. Once they called an ambulance. Great service.

[r3g]

These bracelets and neck chains are all well and good, if you can get them to wear/use them. I went through several variations with my mother but she was still having falls and knocking herself out, unable to get up. When I asked why she hadn't pressed the alarm to summon help : "I didn't want to cause a fuss"

[asfault]

I echo the above. Both grandparents grandma and granny have had falls and refuse to wear them. Grandma has had multiple falls broken hips etc and still refuses.
Granny nearly died as she fell before bed and lay there all night in the cold (feb of this year so minus 10 degree times)

They are stubborn. Also for my parents I just know my mum and dad will be just as stubborn when they get to that stage.

[Andy 308GTB]

r3g said:

These bracelets and neck chains are all well and good, if you can get them to wear/use them.

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We had subscribed to the local authority service which appeared to be very good.
However, my parents would hang the bracelets on the front door safety chain.

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

Thanks for all the responses. It’s useful to read about people refusing to wear these as my dad is another stubborn one, so I’ll have to sound him out before getting one!

[Fore Left]

Telecare is what you're looking for. Includes sensors that detect a fall so you're not relying on them wearing a device and pushing a button.

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/care/h...

My parents had it installed by the local council adult care services team. If a fall sensor was triggered it generated an alert to the monitoring centre.

Also have a look at this thread if you want some left field ideas.

[r3g]

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

Thanks for all the responses. It’s useful to read about people refusing to wear these as my dad is another stubborn one, so I’ll have to sound him out before getting one!

He'll tell you he'll wear it, to shut you up, then upon receipt it'll be chucked in the back of the kitchen drawer and forgotten about, until you come round, then he'll be wearing it.

To be honest, being an independent sort like my mother was - presumably taking in her footsteps - I would also pay lip service to my offspring's attempts at monitoring me for "incidents" and carry on as normal, still having stumbles and ending up on my arse every so often but never actually bothering them, as I wouldn't want to make a fuss ! Put yourself in his shoes.

[arfur]

Local Council Telecare does all this - saved my dad a couple of times last year when he fell in the house

Worth every penny