Hi Erin,
Call chimes and alerting systems are so essential for
patients with ALS. I wrote quite a few blogs on
Alerting Systems and Call Chimes last year. They might be
helpful.
Here is the specific entry that addresses alerting systems like Life
Alert, that function when patients are "Home Alone"
I am currently recommending Philip's Life Alert for my ambulatory
patients since it has Auto Alert Fall Detection. I have already
had one report from a family that it did work when a their mom fell.
Below is another entry that gives ideas for Call Chimes (and call
chimes with alternative access) for calling to a caregiver in another
room.
Since I wrote the above entry I have started using the
MedLab Portable alarm more and more often. http://www.medlabsinc.com/Med_Labs/PA-1_ALARM.html
It is not wireless but I do trust it more than the wireless ones
(which can be a bit
finicky). FYI- To adapt the Portable Alarm to work with the 1/8" switches that we all use, just get a $3 adapter at Radio Shack (1'4" mono male to 1/8" mono female) ---------
A third entry I wrote gives instructions for sending text messages
from your DynaVox system as a form of a call chime.
And a 4th tell about ways to use call chimes on your SGD.
This is an important SGD strategy I like to teach
patients.
Sincerely, Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP Augmentative Communication Specialist Forbes Norris ALS Research Center 2324 Sacramento Street San Francisco, CA 94115 P (415)600-1263 F (415)673-5184 CONFIDENTIAL OR PRIVILEGED: This communication contains information intended only for the use of the individuals to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from other disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any disclosure, printing, copying, distribution or use of the contents is prohibited. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or by returning it by reply email and then permanently deleting the communicationfrom your system. Thank you. --- On Thu, 8/25/11, Erin Singleton <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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