"Checking In" Daily With Friends/Family

wisenior said:
Do you "check in" daily with friends?
Maybe call or text once a day?
Just to let them know you're ok?

Two instances stay with me:
My Mom's friend had a son that lived alone and passed away,
he wasn't found until several days later.
An acquaintance of mine who lives alone went into his basement and woke up in the hospital.
He remembers nothing.
He was "grey" (his words) when they found him.

I went into the basement for the first time in several months yesterday.
No one else was in the house.
I'd been apprehensive of late, what if I slip and fall like my acqaintance, etc?
I've even thought of letting someone know, like...
"I'm going in the basement, if I don't call or text in a hour, come and get me...'

Paranoid?
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I think it's a good idea.
 

hollydolly said:
Wear a smart watch,. you can set it to send out an alarm if you fall over.

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  • The watch detects that you've been immobile for a period of time
  • The watch taps your wrist and sounds an alarm
  • The watch starts a countdown
  • If you don't respond, the watch calls emergency services
  • The watch sends your location to your emergency contacts
Which watches have fall detection?
  • Apple Watch: Series 4 and later models have fall detection. If you're 55 or older, fall detection is turned on automatically.

  • Samsung Galaxy Watch: The Active2, Galaxy Watch3, and other Wear OS models have fall detection.
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Too fancy for me! šŸ˜ but I'd probably love it.
 
wisenior said:
Do you "check in" daily with friends?
Maybe call or text once a day?
Just to let them know you're ok?

Two instances stay with me:
My Mom's friend had a son that lived alone and passed away,
he wasn't found until several days later.
An acquaintance of mine who lives alone went into his basement and woke up in the hospital.
He remembers nothing.
He was "grey" (his words) when they found him.

I went into the basement for the first time in several months yesterday.
No one else was in the house.
I'd been apprehensive of late, what if I slip and fall like my acqaintance, etc?
I've even thought of letting someone know, like...
"I'm going in the basement, if I don't call or text in a hour, come and get me...'

Paranoid?
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I am ok with dying alone as long as I don't suffer any pains.
 
CooCooforCoCoPuffs said:
I bake cookies/goodies year around for firefighters and LEOs around me.
They remember me when I need help, and I like talking to them, Dad was firefighter for 50 years; my son a LEO in Colorado.
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My older brother was fire chief in our town's volunteer fire department while his younger brother fought in Korea. Then the younger one came home and became fire chief. When he retired he took the job of dispatcher. He knew every street, business and organization in town. I have great respect for firefighters.
 
I guess we all have the one way we wanna go and that's our choice no matter how convenient or innconvenient?
 
wisenior said:
Many Online check In Services:

online check in services for elderly adults - Google Search
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This is a fabulous idea. While I live in a community where we look out for each other, I reside in an isolated area. I can go days without seeing or talking to anyone other than my son. He calls to check in daily, but, if he's out and about seeing clients, it's not a conversation.

If I take a walk and do not have a phone with me, my dog is the only one who knows where I am. I'd have to rely on her to get help. She's going on 16 and would, at this point, just sit with me if I fell.

I am rarely out of sight of other folks, though. Now, @wisesenior, you are not paranoid at all. Your user name says it all.
 
When I was a kid in the ā€˜50s every morning my mom sent me over to check on a very kind 80+ year old widower neighbor, a recluse who lived across the street and bring him a scrambled double egg with cheese sandwich she made and wrapped in tin foil.

No one locked doors back then, so I routinely knocked hard, (he was a bit hard of hearing), walked in and shouted ā€œIā€™m here! Come and get it while itā€™s hot!ā€

When he didnā€™t answer, ā€œIā€™m coming. Hold your horses!ā€ as usual one morning I started to look around and found him lying on his couch stone cold dead. I was 7 years old. I later learned that he had 3 kids and a bunch of grandchildren all living locally who I never saw visiting.

Me, I get daily morning and evening ā€˜check-upā€™ texts from my one of kids, grandkids or their spouses. They will comment and ask for my opinion about the last game our favorite teams played, but call me if I donā€™t reply back quickly.

My great-granddaughter and I FaceTime every morning because she wants to show me how she is wearing her hair, what sheā€™s having for breakfast and she ends our talk by reminding me to take my meds and to wear pants.
 
Manatee said:
A deputy told me that if someone passes away and lays in their house that flies will collect around the windows.
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One of my aunts died alone in her flat at Frankfurt (Germany). It seemed that she lay dead there for half a year. Even the coroner could not find out how long. Somebody told me, there were hundreds of dead flies also.
 
I text with my kids a few times a week so imagine if I don't reply I would be checked on. Last year I missed a week at the gym and the gym owner called to check on me, she said I'm a 6A.M. regular and people were asking why I wasn't around, that made me feel good to know I was missed.

I hike a lot and need to start leaving a note at home of where I'm going and what day/time. I've often thought of being in a remote location and getting injured or worse and no one would even know where to start looking.
 
C50 said:
I text with my kids a few times a week so imagine if I don't reply I would be checked on. Last year I missed a week at the gym and the gym owner called to check on me, she said I'm a 6A.M. regular and people were asking why I wasn't around, that made me feel good to know I was missed.

I hike a lot and need to start leaving a note at home of where I'm going and what day/time. I've often thought of being in a remote location and getting injured or worse and no one would even know where to start looking.
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Please do so!
We watched a skier do a traditional moon light powder run on the other side of the steep valley. Every x numbed of jumps he took a tumble. Imbecile turned out to be my very experienced father using bindings not set for his weight. He was pretty banged up but made it.
 
My BFF, who lives in another state and I check in with each other almost daily, unless we both get very busy. She has my son's number and wouldn't hesitate to call him if she is unable to reach me for a couple of days. At this time though, if I couldn't reach her, I don't have a number to call. Her brother owned a funeral home, but sold it recently and is living in Florida part time. I told her to give her niece my phone number and ask if I could have hers. I've been meaning to ask her she ever did that.

I think as we get older, we should keep up with each other as best we can. And hopefully, we have children or other relatives who will keep up with us. I have other friends that I call and/or text but not on a regular basis. I'm not that concerned about being checked on by others because my son is living with me now.
 

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