# Any recommendations for medical/fall alert monitoring for the elderly? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 3, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-medical-fall-alert-monitoring-for-the-elderly/955424 "2021-12-03T05:03:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-medical-fall-alert-monitoring-for-the-elderly/955424/7 "2021-12-04T08:03:18Z")
We’ve had a big thread about this: > [@Dying alone: what safety measures are feasible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-alone-what-safety-measures-are-feasible/813292): > > Living alone has a lot of benefits, but also a few dangers. The classic danger is falling ill when you’re home alone and not being able to reach a phone for help. It’s not that [irrational a fear; brain strokes](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/opinion/afraid-of-dying-alone.html)are more common then people think and can incapacitate the sufferer so that he she cannot walk or crawl to a phone. You may say: “If I don’t show up at work, they’ll contact me”. But what if they call you on the phone, don’t reach you and… then what? They might notice your absence, but… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-medical-fall-alert-monitoring-for-the-elderly/955424)._