{"id":4117,"date":"2019-04-20T11:35:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T15:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/?p=4117"},"modified":"2022-06-05T14:46:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T18:46:53","slug":"here-what-you-should-know-before-buying-a-medical-alert-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/articles\/here-what-you-should-know-before-buying-a-medical-alert-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What You Should Know Before Buying a Medical Alert Device"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For many seniors, access to a medical alert device can be what makes the difference between life and death. According to the CDC, heart conditions \u2013 especially heart attacks and strokes \u2013 are the primary cause of death among seniors. However, if these individuals receive emergency help quickly enough, most of these deaths could be avoided.<\/p>\n
Seniors are at their most vulnerable when they are alone. If something happens, and there are no family members or caregivers nearby to help, it could be too late. This is where medical alert devices are needed. These devices, whether they take the form of an alert smartphone, a wearable band, or a pendant, are designed to stay with the senior at all times. This way, if he or she needs anything, help is only a button-press away. Several of these devices even have the ability to monitor their users automatically in some capacity. You can compare and check Life Alert costs<\/a> right from our site.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Medical alert devices are designed to save lives, and they have proven that they are capable of doing just that. But what does the future hold for medical alert systems? Here’s an article on a wearable prototype for seniors<\/a> that talks about just that.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Featured Image Credit:qimono<\/a> \/ Pixabay<\/a> For many seniors, access to a medical alert device can be what makes the difference between life and death. According to the CDC, heart conditions \u2013 especially heart attacks and strokes \u2013 are the primary cause of death among seniors. However, if these individuals receive emergency help quickly enough, most of these deaths could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"modified_by":"ArticlesTips","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4117"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6423,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117\/revisions\/6423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How Alert Devices Can Save Lives in Three Steps<\/h2>\n
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Benefits of Medical Alert Device Services<\/h2>\n
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