My sister has fragile health, and also some mental illness issues, including a very disordered sleep schedule. She will also neglect to see if I’ve called or texted. If I haven’t gotten contact for a couple days, I’ll check her FB page because she is a rampant article and meme sharer. Like scores a day. It’s a pretty good indication of when she was last up and functioning.
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Also power outages can make it challenging to communicate. We’ve been having a LOT of power outages in the past 24 months. This current one has been for 30+ hours. Often I lose ability to have cell service too!
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I know of several older people who have gotten iwatches just for this reason. They are not tech savvy, but their kids have set these up for them.
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Meals on Wheels saved H’s father. He suffered a stroke and they found him.
My Apple Watch is a little too sensitive of falls for me (playing with dogs jumping up and down) but I think it is very valuable.
I called my mother daily to just say hi when she was 90’s to check on her, even when I was in France.
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Yes, the Apple watch can be annoying when it asks if you’ve fallen (so far it’s always ben a false alarm for me). It is useful though.
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