Heard of Elder Orphans?

chic said:
Yup Life Alert. They are great. A couple of my relatives got them when they became widowed.
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I have one. It is a falls alert. I have programmed 5 phone numbers into it. One is for my daughter, a couple are for near neighbours and 2 are for friends from church. The 6th number is 000 which is the emergency number in Australia (think 999).

If I fall, the device rings the first number, and if that doesn't answer it continues to dial the others in succession, finishing with 000, alerting the ambulance service and relaying the location of the alarm so they know where to find me.

The alarm also goes off if the battery goes flat.

It is a very affordable service.
 
A woman I know got an Apple Watch from her mom. She didn't use it so returned it to her mom in another state who began wearing it. The mom had a fall and the watch alerted 911. She was out cold and her husband answered the door when help arrived. Unfortunately he has dementia and told them to go away. They persisted and all ended well. Maybe the Apple watch should be considered in the mix of possibilities.
 
hollydolly said:
see, altho' they're not family.. at least when you have someone living with you, you don't have that same concern that those of us who live alone., have , and that is being seriously ill..or dying, and no-one knowing about it for days or possibly weeks in some cases..
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I'm in the same boat. But if we die and no one knows, what difference does it really make ? I mean, sooner or later someone will notice [odor] , mail not being collected, etc. Being hurt, and suffering is [imo] the biggie.

And ! I really need to get living will, all sorted out. I do not want to be "saved" if afterwards I cannot get up and walk out of the hospital.

Plus, I have my money/property wishes pretty much sorted out, so I really do want it to happen as planned.
 
Living alone. Awful. I have discovered what being alone truly means. Relatively new to this and not liking it. Being divorced and aging out left me alone. Also, not wanting to replace the 'partner' role to not be alone. Odd, yet uncomfortable.
 
ImAdam said:
Living alone. Awful. I have discovered what being alone truly means. Relatively new to this and not liking it. Being divorced and aging out left me alone. Also, not wanting to replace the 'partner' role to not be alone. Odd, yet uncomfortable.
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Welcome to the forum. I know exactly how you feel.. been on my own now for 3 years.. going through the Divorce procedure right now ...

In the same mind as you..not ready to replace my soon2BeX or maybe never ready , who knows... but at the same time, would like some kind of companionship....

Different world we live in to when we were younger...
 
hollydolly said:
see, altho' they're not family.. at least when you have someone living with you, you don't have that same concern that those of us who live alone., have , and that is being seriously ill..or dying, and no-one knowing about it for days or possibly weeks in some cases..
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I guess that is what Medalert is designed for.
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chic said:
Yup Life Alert. They are great. A couple of my relatives got them when they became widowed.
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I have one and various triggers cause it to activate. If I have a fall, bump the medallion or the system loses power then it announces to me that it has been activated.

I have a short period in which I can cancel the alert, otherwise it begins calling the phone numbers I have entered into the system. The first number is my daughter, second and third are near neighbours, fourth and fifth, church friends and the last number is the emergency number (000).

The system has GPS included so that the emergency service can know exactly where I am located if it comes down to that.

I am not living alone but am alone most of the day and when I go shopping.
 
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ImAdam said:
Living alone. Awful. I have discovered what being alone truly means. Relatively new to this and not liking it. Being divorced and aging out left me alone. Also, not wanting to replace the 'partner' role to not be alone. Odd, yet uncomfortable.
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Do you have room for a housemate? If so choose carefully but it could help.
 
ImAdam said:
Living alone. Awful. I have discovered what being alone truly means. Relatively new to this and not liking it. Being divorced and aging out left me alone. Also, not wanting to replace the 'partner' role to not be alone. Odd, yet uncomfortable.
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My marriage ended seven years ago. I didnā€™t like that empty house feeling either. After about a year I put a profile on an OLD app and went on a few ā€œdatesā€. Didnā€™t really enjoy it. It wasnā€™t they were bad people. It was that feeling that I would be responsible for someoneā€™s happiness. Putting out the emotional labor. I know, many say we arenā€™t responsible for that, but most do it anyway. Force of habit. And I am not interested in living with someone again. For the first time I am able to display all my art and photographs without someone telling me itā€™s boring and please put it all away!
 
I watched her for a while but she became a little too much for me. She's only 69 and whining about being alone. I'm 77 and completely alone but I'm not whining about it. She says she's going to relocate to a different country in about a year but yet she lives in a senior low income complex with "drinkers" for neighbors (her words, not mine) so I haven't figured out how she's going to afford to go live in another country. She's supposed to be a psychologist with a bunch of degrees. She has way too many issues and watching her makes me depressed.
 
I live in a condo building and recently there was a horrible odor in the hallway. I realized the guyā€™s car hadnā€™t moved in at least a month. Called police for a welfare check and he had been dead for a long time. Since a friend in the building has pets like I do we text each other when we get up in the morning.
 

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