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A Comparison of PERS/MPERS Devices – (Fall Alert Buttons)

A Comparison of PERS/MPERS Devices (Just a note that this article was originally published in December of 2011.) A Personal Emergency Response System (or PERS) is a service generally provided by a private company, that helps to monitor its subscribers for falls,...

If Your Parent Falls, Will Someone Be There to Pick Them Up?

I just attended a webinar on falls presented by Warren Hellelfinger, CEO of Bay Alarm Medical. Yes, it was a sales presentation but I learned some astonishing information and wanted to pass it along to you, as a caregiver or would-be caregiver. First of all, falls...

Grand-proofing

I was reading an article in the December edition of The Costco Connection (actually, a great read, btw) and came across an article called Grand-proofing.  THEIR article was actually about making the house safe for visiting grandCHILDREN but it occurred to me that this...