Uses the widest mobile network in Australia & includes Bluetooth, GPS & wifi tracking to call up to 6 of your emergency contacts. You can even include ‘000’.

At the same time it sends help messages via text with a link to Google Maps showing the pendant user’s location to approximately 2 metres.

When one of the emergency contacts answers, the wearer is able to talk hands free through the showerproof pendant. Anyone who knows the mobile number of the pendant can call it and it will answer in speaker-phone mode automatically.
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Who needs one? The case for medical alarms and why falling is so common.

When it comes to falls the statistics are perhaps surprising. Most people don’t know that 1 in 3 people over 65 years have a substantial fall in any given year.¹

Falls are the leading cause of injury-related hospital admissions in people aged over 65.²

Sixty percent of falls occur at home. They usually occur when getting out of a chair, bed or when going to the toilet.² More active seniors fall in the street, shops or parks often alone.

What are the statistics for falls for people aged 65 and over?

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

Getting help after a fall

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