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[quote=Anonymous]We thought about this with our mother, too. Life Alert seems no longer relevant with all of the technology available. Our mother had cancer (twice) and has side effects from radiation that sometimes causes middle-of-the-night medical emergencies and she lives alone. We got her an Apple Watch that detects falls, and put Alexa's all over her house. If someone can push a Life Alert button they can call "Alexa, call my daughter." She never ended up calling us that way, because she never had an emergency where she could not use her phone and just call or text us, but they were comforting. About a year ago, she moved into independent living, and although it was an adjustment she now loves it. She has a lot of new friends, activities to do every day, and if she has a medical emergency (which she did once) she has a rope to pull in every room. The paramedics came immediately in the middle of the night and took her to the ER. She's 81, and very independent with no cognitive impairment. She drives, etc., so it's just like having her own apartment with built in activities, meals (if she wants), friends, etc.[/quote]

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