A Personal Medical Alarm is highly recommended for most seniors and absolutely essential for people who suffer from a list of many, common medical conditions and disabilities.

People with these conditions are at risk from falls or the sudden onset of acute symptoms or deterioration in their existing condition.

Older people are at increased risk because normal ageing often involves worsening balance, eyesight, muscle tone & slower reaction times.

It also recommended in many circumstances by nurses and carers for those senior people recently discharged from hospital.

Those who fall are two to three times more likely to fall again⁴. The risk of falls increases proportionally with age. At 80 years, over half of seniors fall annually.

For the elderly who fall and are unable to get up on their own, the period of time spent immobile often affects their health outcome. Muscle cell breakdown starts to occur within 30-60 minutes of compression due to falling. Dehydration, pressure sores, hypothermia, and pneumonia are other complications that may result.

Getting help after an immobilizing fall improves the chance of survival by 80% and increases the likelihood of a return to independent living.