If Betty Lewis falls at the Edgemere senior living community, a pendant she wears around her neck will alert the staff. The device picks up the motion of the fall and notifies staff members at the North Dallas facility so Lewis doesn’t have to hit the alert button.
The device also will tell the Edgemere staff the general location of where she has fallen.
“The pendant will pick up the arc of that fall,” said John Falldine, Edgemere managing director. “It sends the same signal to us as though the resident had hit the button.”
That gives comfort to Lewis, 90. “It serves the purpose that I need,” she said.
Edgemere’s pendant alert system is one of many technologies that are changing the lives of seniors and their caregivers for the better.