Daily phone or physical contact for elderly in the Prince Frederick area. Is there an agency or group (fire department, sheriff's department, local police, utility company or volunteer group) that calls elderly individuals on a daily basis to make sure they are basically alright and make physical contact if the person fails to answer after a prescribed number of call attempts?
experience in just having hip surgery. I have great
neighbors that check on me daily, however one stopped
by and everything was good and within 30 minutes I went
to the bathroom and fell. So you really need more than one
contact a day for safety.
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Can you call another number if no answer
A once daily call would be helpful, but with fragile elders, something could happen 5 minutes after a call.
You could contact the local emergency responders and ask them specifically if they provide this service, and if not, whether they're aware of any agency that does. I seriously doubt any utility company would though - it's just within their scope of operation.
Do you have a medic alert pendant? If not, I'd consider getting one. If the person doesn't answer a phone call, the monitoring company will call parties on the emergency call list - family if listed first, then EMTs.
I don't know if they will make regular check-in calls, but it should be the first question you ask if you explore this option. I've used it for this purpose a few times. At one time, the phone volume switch had accidentally been turned down when picking up the phone for an earlier call. The Medic Alert system "calls" directly through the pendant and can reach someone if the phone is turned down or off.
If you do decide to get a Medic Alert, be sure to get a lockbox so that a house key can be placed in it so emergency responders can get in.