Joy,

Thanks for the idea, I think that might work for me.  By the way, is there a
monthly charge for this service?

Thanks,
Anthony

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>
> Anthony--We had one for my MIL from the local hospital..If you hit the
> button it
> was set up to call & check on you..It had a bedside voice activated
> unit..so you
> could speak into & tell them to call your parents when they checked. If you
> didn't respond they then calloed 911 & your contacy info. Was about 15.00 a
> month...Try your local hospital..they should know.   Also ADT now offers a
> pager
> button system...they only call your contact.   Joy
>
> Anthony Arnold wrote:
>
> > Friends,
> >
> > Last Thursday night, my attendant walked out on me because I had to
> question
> > him on somethings.  Right now I have no help, so I have to manage doing
> > somethings myself like getting into bed by myself.  I'm wondering if I
> could
> > get a medical pager that people sometimes have that calls 911 when hit.
> Does
> > anyone know if I could get one and somehow program it to call my parent's
> > phone number instead of 911? I would think this is needed by more than
> just
> > myself and you don't need to call 911 every time you fall.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Anthony
>