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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2014-06-10 8:26 AM, wrote:

>> Wise idea. I once had a call in the middle of the night. It was my
>> mother's neighbour. They had heard the tapping on the pipes. My mother
>> had passed out in her bathroom and could not get up. Who knows if she
>> had had a cordless phone with her if she could have managed to call.
>> After that she had a life alert and only needed to push a button to get
>> help.
>>
>>
> Tapping would not help me, this is a solid concrete built set of
> condos, it's rare to hear neighbours, even if they are partying. Men
> working on units, hammering etc. yes, one can hear that.

Her condo was a similar concrete construction and quite well sound
proofed. I never heard and noises from her neighbours. She had fallen in
the bathroom and was tapping on the pipe. The metal pipes carried the
sound well enough to wake up the woman in the next condo.
>
> I had a friend who had to use a walker so I made her a decorative
> little bag to hold her phone that she could hang from the walker. It
> was always with her and she was always able to reach it from the
> floor. Her cat loved it too

Just remember that when people fall they are sometimes also quite
confused and may not be able to reach up. Maybe what they need is
BluTooth, and hope their voice is strong enough and clear enough to
activate the voice dialing. A pendant with a simple button may be the
best option.