If you've studied up on our fall alert system, you know that it comes with one button designed to detect falls AND your choice of a necklace or wristband standard button. The fall detection button is exclusively available as a necklace - for a good reason. It uses an accelerometer and gyroscope inside the button to monitor your movement. This allows it to activate during significant changes (that resemble a fall) while not activating during other day-to-day movements.
There's a lot of different terminology to learn when choosing a senior alert system. One excellent example is "waterproof" versus "water-resistant" help buttons. What do these terms mean? They seem awfully similar to someone who is unfamiliar with systems like this. Ultimately, we recommend that seniors and their families look for systems that come with waterproof buttons...
Medical alerts are uniquely designed to cover entire homes (up to 10,000 square feet with our advanced system). Your system's base station will have both a sensitive microphone and a loud speaker. Since most people are not familiar with systems like this, it is sometimes hard for them to grasp how their medical alert is going to cover the entire home without first setting it up and testing it...
People are often skeptical about how effective medical alert speakers are for covering their entire home. It is sometimes tough for them to imagine just how the speaker works because most people don’t have similar equipment within their home. Our advanced and cellular are designed with a much greater range of 10,000 square feet...
