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Medical alarms are important for the elderly people those who are living alone at home and want to live independently. It makes them safer and easier to get help when they are in an emergency situation.

Most of the elderly people are living alone. Some of them love to be independent and some were left alone because of their family situations. In this case, they need complete assistance. But there may be some risks when they are alone. In old age they can be affected by diseases such as Arthritis, Heart disease, Respiratory diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, Osteoporosis, diabetes, high blood pressure and menopause.  

The people who are affected by these diseases are in the high risk of fall and they need 24/7 monitoring. So if they have a medical alarm with them, they can be monitored through the alarm. 

In South Australia, Activewatch medical alarm is giving the medical monitoring for the elder people, who are living alone and needs assistance. Active watch is the medical guardian that let them to live peacefully and independently.

Active watch medical alarms are available as watch and pendant. So they can wear on their wrist or around the neck. Activewatch medical alarms are easy to use. By simply pressing a push button on their wearable devices, a signal will be sent and will be connected to the two way communication monitoring response centre. The operators in the monitoring centers will assist the elderly people. If the elderly can’t respond to the operators they will immediately send the ambulance and intimate the nominee persons. Having a medical alarm is the best choice for elderly people who have health conditions and needs 24/7 monitoring.

The elderly people can wear the alarm 24/7 even when they bath, because it is water resistant.  

Activewatch medical alarms have a range of 300 metres coverage and can be used all around the house even in the garden. 

Activewatch provides the personal alert system at the no cost, for the people those who are eligible to get the medical alarms under the south Australian government personal alert rebate scheme.  If the elder people got approval for the personal alert rebate scheme, they can get the activewatch medical alarms at no installation and monitoring cost. 

In Australia, one in seven people living alone at their own homes and they are aged 65+. A statistics tells that on 2026, the proportion of people living alone in Australia will be between 2.8 million and 3.7 million. In addition by 2021, 24% of people living alone will be aged 75 years and three quarters of them will be women.

The elderly people want to live independently at their own homes and many of the elders having fear on depending others for their day to day physical activities. So they loves to live independently.

Risk in elderly people living alone

Getting older can bring health challenges. The elderly people can affect by various diseases such as Arthritis, Heart disease, Respiratory diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, Osteoporosis, diabetes, high blood pressure and menopause. Osteoporosis is a disease that weakens bones, increasing the risk of sudden and unexpected fractures. Women in the age of 50 and above have the greatest risk of developing osteoporosis. In fact, women are four times more likely than men to develop osteoporosis. The elderly people those who are affected by any of these health conditions and living alone at home will be in more risk. The risk of fall is very high and they needs the 24/7 monitoring.

The elderly people, who are not able to do their physical work actively and affected by the health conditions are needs the assistance 24/7. But most of them are living alone, some of them loved to being independent and some were left alone because of their family situations, in this case they need complete assistance.

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