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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing about a wearable is he has to wear it 100% of the time he's out of bed. Will he wear a watch? Maybe this is in the same category as a cell phone, but what about an Apple Watch with cellular service? It has fall detection and can be set up to ask whether you want to make an emergency call with a quick swipe:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208944

Of course that assumes he's conscious.

The reason I suggest an Apple watch is because we went through a similar discussion about my mom, but we determined she wouldn't consistently remember to wear a fall detection device but she will always put on her Apple watch. Maybe there are watchband-based fall detection devices but when we were looking it seemed like they were all lanyard-style.[/quote]

Thanks. He actually worked in IT into his 70s and won’t use a cellphone.

Does the Apple Watch work imply by pressing it without scrolling to get to the app? If not it is a no-go option.

He wears a watch and probably wouldn’t want to switch but I’ll offer it up to him.[/quote]

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