In fact, she laid on the floor for 3 days before anyone realized they had not seen her. Come the fourth day an astute neighbor noticed mail starting to pile up and contacted Stanley. He immediately obtained the master key and after knocking loudly on Agnes’ door for a minute or two, let himself and the neighbor into her home. They called out Agnes’ name and she answered – “I’m in the kitchen – please help me!” Stanley and the neighbor rushed to Agnes’ side and called 911. If it wasn’t for the actions of a caring neighbor, one doesn’t know how long Agnes would have laid hurt on the floor.

The second story is about Ellen (not her real name as we were asked not to use it) a 70 something single women who also resides in the same complex as Stanley. It seems Ellen was taking an afternoon nap on the couch and after her nap she woke. However, Ellen went to standup too quickly and didn’t give her body a few moments to orient itself. As she stood, Ellen lost her balance and fell hitting her head on the coffee table near her couch. The fall disoriented Ellen and caused her to black out. It took Ellen nearly a full day of laying on the floor in pain and confused before she was able to get up and call for help.

In both cases the women are fine but in both cases have a Personal Emergency Response system with fall detection from Personal Living Alert would have saved both these ladies from traumatic experiences and would have allowed emergency rescue personnel to arrive within minutes of the fall as opposed to days as in Agnes’ case.

Fabiana can be reached at: fabiana.plalert@gmail.com or www.personallivingalert.com