Why consider a personal alarm for the elderly?
A personal alarm for the elderly is worth considering if you have an ageing relative or friend who lives alone. It gives everyone peace of mind that should something happen to them help should arrive quickly. Think of it as a de-isolation device which will get help if something happens which means they can’t make a phone call.
Why the Acticheck life-saving wristband?
At Acticheck, we have designed a personal alarm for the elderly to put your mind at ease. The life-saving wristband gives your loved ones their independence without you constantly having to worry about their welfare.
Our life-saving wristband personal alarm system monitors, tracks and checks the wellbeing of friends, family, the cared-for, and those who live alone. From detecting falls, unusual movements or allowing an emergency call for help, the Acticheck life-saving wristband provides peace of mind twenty-four hours a day for both you and the wearer. Acticheck personal alarms for the elderly are unique and the only personal monitor on the market that is truly designed to be worn all the time, even in the bath or shower. Not only is it waterproof, but it has a one-year battery life, so there is never a reason to take it off.
When a Personal alarm for the elderly can help?
The four main functions of our personal alarms for the elderly are:
- SOS – call for help
- Fall monitor
- I’m OK checks (unique to Acticheck)
The modern way of check someone is OK in the morning and before bed, no more having to see if they’ve opened their curtains. - Cold at home
Which can help spot if there is a problem with the heating.
The SOS call function is essential for times when the wearer needs to get in contact with their emergency contact, all the wearer needs to do is press the buttons on the wristband.
The fall monitor can monitor for serious falls that lead to incapacity.
I’m OK checks ask the wearer, at their chosen times, to respond to the wristband vibrating by pressing either button. Even if they have no other contact during the day there will be one or two touchpoints where they confirm they are OK, or help is called. This is an optional alarm and some wearers don’t have any.
The cold at home feature is one that you don’t normally find on a personal alarm but, because we have designed our alarm to be an all-round system it can also provide you reports on the temperature and if someone is ‘cold at home’ it will let chosen people know.
What happens when an alert is raised?
We wanted to make our personal alarms for the elderly as easy as possible to use and therefore we haven’t over complicated things for the user. The most important thing for our user to know which buttons to press on their alarm and what the noises that come out of the base means.
During an alert, the base has sounds that indicate the state of the alert and there are three distinct stages. The pre-alert sound is an intermittent single tone that indicates that the system is in pre-alert.
While this sound is playing you can cancel the alert by pressing a single button on the band. The alert sound is a two-tone siren indicating that the alert is now active and the confirmation sound is four rising tones and indicates that the alert or pre-alert sequence has ended and someone is on their way.
What next?
If you would like to purchase one of our personal alarms for the elderly then you can do so on our online shop. Simply follow the steps on our website and we will be able to provide you with a quote for your alarm and its system. You will then have to option to go ahead and add the items to your cart, follow this through to the checkout and we can then arrange delivery of your new personal alarm for the elderly.
