Hi Erin,
2. My patients typically prefer texting to phoning and her husband would still get the message right away. If she has AlphaCore on her VMax, you will find instructions on "Easy Text Messaging through Email" with all the common carrier codes listed in the AlphaCore Learning Pages. If not,
3. If she can use an iPad, can she use a mouse or touchpad with her EyeMax? If she could use a mouse/touchpad she could wake up the screen and not worry about postioning for eye tracking which will make her much more independent in the AM.
Sincerely,
Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP
Augmentative Communication Specialist
AmyandpALS.Com
Forbes Norris ALS Research and Treatment Center
2324 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Cell (415)518-0592
Fax (415)600-3778
From: Erin Singleton <xxxxxx@communitymedical.org>
To: "xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com>
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 2:12 PM
Subject: Access and Lifeline
Good afternoon,
I have two questions for ALS patient. This particular patient has DynaVox EyeMax eye gaze system (about 4 years old) and an iPad. She has very minimal, inconsistent hand movement. Currently her spouse leaves the house 3x/week for 3 hours at a time. The patient is left alone in bed. Currently they have a great monitor system for when he is home and on their property but she is left with no means to call him should she need him to come home earlier. My questions are these.
1. What is the recommended life alert system (We are in Central California). I have recommended to patients spouse that they pursue something as patient needs a means to call for help in an emergency when she is home.
2. What is suggestion for a system to make phone calls husband? We attempted to have her ipad set up to facetime him on his iphone but they have struggled to make that work since both systems are on the same number it does not allow her to face time his cell since #’s are the same. This is not a situation I run into regularly because its rare we have patients that are of her progression that are ever left alone (this is a separate concern we’re looking into assistance for).
Thank you in advance.
Erin Singleton M.A., CCC-SLP Neuroscience Outpatient Rehabilitation Center 2335 East Kashian Lane, Suite 301 Fresno, California 93701 Office: (559) 459-6056 Fax: (559) 459-2957 Email: xxxxxx@communitymedical.org
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