Keep an Eye on Older Folks without Watching Them

Brickhouse are now offering a number of medical alert products that are very useful to save lives. I saw two very useful products in BrickHouse Alert that are worth mentioning:

Detect fallen people

I don’t think that it is always possible to keep an eye on old folks every minute of the day. This fall detection alarm is a useful gadget that best made for older people. It is a sensor attached to a person’s waistline to detect a fall. The gadget immediately contacts the 24-hour monitoring center. If the fallen person does not respond immediately, help is dispatched immediately.

The alarm is just part of the tele-assist package. The whole Brickhouse Alert tele-assist package has various gadgets for detecting inactivity, intruders, panic button, live reminder activity and four speed dial buttons.

Track their location

This bracelet reminded me of those Star Trek shows that I had watched when I was young. At these times this is now commercially available. The most useful application of this is for keeping track of old folks who are showing signs of forgetfulness.

The disadvantages

I only see two distinct advantages: when these items are removed from the body and when these gadgets get destroyed. I still think these disadvantages far outweigh the benefits.

These medical alert gadgets are waterproof, so they can be worn in the shower.

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