My 95 year old Mom has alzheimer's / dementia and I gently let her know how important it is to wear the Phillips Lifeline Necklace which has fall detection but she forgets (which I understand due to her dementia). She loves wearing her gold necklace. I even took off the string that is threaded through the Lifeline and put a 18K gold plated snake chain through it, but that didn't work either.
Any ideas as I do need to leave the house for 20 to 30 minutes to buy food or pick up her medication.
For those that don't know me, I am a full time caregiver for my Mom (24/7) and I don't have any help nor at this time do I need any help since my Mom is the sweetest person I know and so easy to take care of. I'm scared that she may fall (which she has done in the past).
I do have a smart phone if that makes any difference.
Thanks,
Jenna
I was glad to hear that she wears the fall pendant on the outside of her clothes which means it should work correctly. I can't tell you how many times someone falls and it does not register the fall due to the pendant being tucked in their shirt!
Could the button be pinned to the back of her shirt/sweater? Since she's less likely to press the button, it's the fall feature that's important. If it's placed right, she won't be able to reach it. The ability to call for help is less useful if 1) they can't remember and 2) if the fall or the cause of the fall renders them unable to move/press it, so it's mainly the fall feature that would help.
Cameras are good too, so long as they can capture all parts of the house. They don't rely on the person's ability to call for help. Even if generally she stays in her room or the bathroom, she could wander off into other parts of the house, perhaps confused and looking for you. YB put up some cameras, but certainly not enough to be able to see her anywhere in her condo. They were helpful, but not enough for my comfort - I'd have to wait until she came into view to know if she was up and about!
This camera has a feature where it pans 360 degrees and up and down. It also has a feature where I can talk to her when I'm in a store.
My Mom rarely goes into the kitchen (except when we play cards most afternoons on our large kitchen table) because she depends on me to get her meals and I have never seen her in the living room. She enjoys her bedroom the most because that's where her TV is and her Echo Dot where she could listen to music all day. Then she puts on her game shows.
I'm excited about this camera and once again if it does what it says it does (I did lots of research before ordering it) then I will give my review.
That said, as long as she wears the pendant during the day (which works when she has fallen in the past) then that's good.
My question when I first posted was I wanted to know what other 24/7 caregivers use to monitor their elderly loved ones and how to keep them safe as well as the problem with my Mom taking off her pendant at night because it bothers her when she goes to sleep and getting in her position to lay on her side. My Mom is a good sleeper and rarely gets up during the night (though anything could happen).
Thanks,
Jenna
If that's not an option, could you put the necklace in a pocket instead of around her neck, so she would forget it is there?