Well, I found out how Medical Alert works today.
My phone rang just before 1pm....
“We’ve gotten multiple “calls” from the home and cannot make a verbal connection with the owner.” “Now we are calling this number.” Do you want us to call 911 now?”
They called me again asking if they needed to send 911. This was worth the short $400 a year. And Saturday I got the renewal letter and was giving it thought. I will pay it tonight.
No. let me go home and find out what is going on. Called my sister and told her to call my Mom and keep calling until I get home. Mom fell in the office. Couldn’t get up or past Reggie so pushed the button. IT WORKED!!
I called the neighbor, who is an assisted living home caregiver, and he came over and got her up and back into Reggie. I got her to bed with ibuprofen and a heating pad. My sister just texted that she called and Mom is comfy and “really chatty”. When I get home we will see about her getting up and back into Reggie or ?????
AND....the walk in tub will be installed Oct 29 and 30!!! We can’t wait!!
Prayers for you and your sister and Mom, suspected that something was up.
Glad she’s okay!
Oh, my goodness! I’m so glad she had that and that they were on the ball. My MIL has one, too, and once it worked only too well.
They did a well-being call to her one Sunday afternoon, and when they couldn’t rouse her, they called the fire dept and police and they came over and broke into the house and thoroughly scoured the neighborhood, scaring all her friends who live around her.
They called us nearly immediately...and of course, being 7 1/2 hours away, we told them to do whatever they needed.
We called our son to see if he’d go over there.
Weeeeelllllll....she was WITH THEM!! Having lunch and a good ol’ time! She had left the medical alert on her car seat when she got home from church and just walked out and got in our son’s car and off they went.
We were so relieved and SO FURIOUS! We sort of had to chastise her and tell her to NEVER take the thing off when she was near or in her house. LOL!
I’m so glad your mom was ok, even though was on the floor and probably so sore and scared. I hope she’ll be more careful, but, as I well know...we can’t be sure of those sweet old ladies!