Elderly Safety and Prevention

Recently my spouse and I took a mini-vacation. These trips always take coordination with my siblings and adult children so that I can be sure that my parents have someone to call in the event of an emergency. As a child, I remember more than one vacation being stopped short due to my grandmother calling and needing emergency elderly help. Most often it was her heart, but one time she had climbed on a foot stool to take down her curtains and had fallen and broken both of her wrists. She stayed with us for weeks so that my Mom could care for her.

Fast forward many years and now my parents are much older than grandma was then and I now understand their concerns for her safety then. Others who care for their aging loved ones may not have the ability to take even small getaways because they have no family members around who are able or willing to offer respite elderly help. Certainly many elderly can stay at home with no help, but in many ways they have entered an at risk populace simply by aging. I found a 'Hip Fracture Risk Calculator' online that emphasizes the importance of caution in the elderly. After putting the vitals in for them, both my parents were considered high risk.

Another important issue for those offering emergency elderly help is good records. Joy Loverde offers a free, Emergency Preparedness Action Checklist that can be printed and kept where others offering your family eldercare can easily find it.

Here are some other tips and tricks seen and heard on the Internet:

Retirement Homes Go High-Tech with Linked Senior

From popular digital cameras that simply require a point and shoot to therapeutic gloves that provide extra grip for those with arthritis, ElderGadget has covered a range of products that, consciously or not, boast many elder-friendly ...

FDA cautions the elderly about safety alert pendants: Consumer ...

Popular with the elderly who live independently, the FDA estimates that there are more than 750000 users of the devices in the U.S. and Canada. By pushing the “help” button on the pendant users can call for emergency assistance in the ...

Home Security Monitoring for Seniors | Door Intercom System

Each year many people are concerned about leaving their elderly parents at home alone. As the older generation is still expanding, this is certainly a. ... Seniors can wear the help button either as a wristband or a necklace and immediately alert a monitoring professional in the event of an emergency. Due to the fact that the button is waterproof, seniors can wear it all day. A two-way voice intercom system makes it possible for monitoring professionals to actually speak ...

A Preparedness Guide for Winter Storms: Are you ready ...

Monitor your NOAA Weather Radio or local radio and/or TV station for information and emergency instructions. Know how to turn off gas, electric power and water before evacuating. Know ahead of time what you should do to help elderly or ...

GPS Tracking and the Personal Safety of the Elderly | Rocky ...

One of the features that GPS tracking devices for the elderly come with is a panic button that notifies an emergency response unit that there is an emergency situation and dispatches help to the location that the button was pressed. ...

Medication Problems and the Elderly

Family members should be aware, that elderly parents may tend to take the family's advice over going to their own doctor. Even though children want to help increase the health and stamina of their parents, they many in fact be causing ...

Scientists develop wireless radio transmitters that can 'see ...

“By showing the locations of people within a building during hostage situations, fires or other emergencies, radio tomography can help law enforcement and emergency responders to know where they should focus their attention,” according to Joey ... have developed a wireless network of radio transmitters that can track people moving behind solid walls. The system could help police, firefighters and others nab intruders, and rescue hostages, fire victims and elderly people. ...

Wheelchair Brake Lever Extensions 6 Inch

“Emergency-brake system” means mechanical components used to slow or stop a 6. PBFWD bikes may have dual 26-inch (660 mm) wheels or larger. wheelchair brake lever extensions 6 inch. Akton Polymer Adaptive Flat Pad 1/2 inch. ...