Who Is At Risk? Could Medical Alarm Help?

Home Alone and In Danger... Consider Medical Alarm

Using a Medical Alarm could significantly lower the risk of suffering a fall at home. More senior people live alone, and Medical Alarms can very handy in reducing the risk of falling at home and being not responded to.

In this article Medical Alarms, Medical Alerts and Personal Emergency Medical Alarm Systems are used with similar meaning.

In 2000, The US Census counted 35 million people over the age of 65...of which 12 million are over 75 years young.

It is also estimated that one third of those folks over 65 (over 10 million) live alone. The New England Journal of Medicine reported that persons living alone carry a risk of 3.2% per year of being found helpless or dead.

This means that every year over 320,000 seniors suffer an actual fall at home to which emergency personal respond to and document. Medical Alarms may come hand in this situation.

Additionally, hundreds of thousands more are rescued by family, friends or neighbors - and are never reported.

These facts make consideration of Medical Alarms more valid. Does the use of a Medical Alarm reduce the risk?

Helplessness is a true medical emergency. Many times seniors who are found "down" are guilty of nothing more than being ill, weak and living alone - unable to reach a telephone. The frightening fact is that victims may not be found for many hours - or even days - later. Again, a Medical Alarm could have been helpful.

The Facts Are Truly Sobering...

1 out of 3 Americans over the age of 65 falls each year.
7,261 seniors between the ages of 55-64 were hospitalized in 2000 from falls.
12,663 seniors between the ages of 65-74 were hospitalized from falls in 2000.
26,074 seniors between the ages of 75-84 were hospitalized from falls in 2000.
22,559 seniors over the age of 85 ware hospitalized in 2000 from falls.
369 seniors died from falls in 2000.
The average cost of nursing home care is $74,000/year.
47 million Americans face the role of being a caregiver.

Who Can Benefit From A LifeGuardian™ Medical Alarm?
Seniors living alone.
Persons with known medical conditions.
Family members with a history of falling.
Patients recovering at home.

Risk Factors To Consider in regard to Medical Alarms

Fact is, many times there is a clear history of obvious risk factors before the need for a LifeGuardian™ Personal Emergency Medical Alarm System becomes undeniable.

Checking two or more risk factors below may indicate a need for a LifeGuardian™ Personal Emergency Medical Alert System:

_____ Lives alone or left alone for extended periods by caregiver
_____ Used mobility assisted devices (walkers, crutches, canes, etc)
_____ History of one or more falls or inability to get up by themselves.
_____ More than 75 years of age
_____ Hospitalization within the past 12 months
_____ Physically frail or suffers from physical weakness
_____ Sensory deficits (vision, balance, hearing)
_____ History of medicine management problems
_____ Unsafe neighborhood or feels unsafe at home
_____ Home safety hazards (stairs, bathtubs, etc) which are uncorrectable

As mentioned above, these facts make strong case for considering Medical Alarms for elderly use.


From www.lifeguardianmedicalalertsystems.com