General Medical issues thread

[VPS]

Does anyone have any experience with a watch with fall warning. I know apple watch does but they need charging daily and looking for something for an elderly friend. She does have the pendant but if she knocks herself out then can't press the button

 

[Aeryn]

I think you will find that even the dedicated medical alert watches (so not apple or samsung smart watches) still require charging every 1-3 days. Anything with a inbuilt gps and 2 way voice drains small batteries pretty fast.

The pendant type have larger batteries.

That said i only need to charge my samsung smart watch every 4-5 days since i dont make calls from it.

 

[Quickstatus]

She does have the pendant but if she knocks herself out then can't press the button

New ones have an inbuilt falls detector that automatically ring preprogrammed phone numbers and will continue to call until someone answers.
look for "Falls alarms with inbuilt falls detector"
Pendants dont have to be charged as often as the smart phone based ones but generally a charging routine is preferable.

I believe most if not all of the pendant ones are one payment only without recurring fees