# Old and alone – what if I fall? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-and-alone-what-if-i-fall/957447 "2022-01-08T19:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-and-alone-what-if-i-fall/957447/25 "2022-01-09T04:17:15Z")
@Turble and anyone else: Here it is: Okay, it’s more than a few weeks ago. This thread ran from April 2018 through Dec. 2021 and had 168 posts to it. I’m pretty sure this is the thread I’m thinking of: > [@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/old-and-alone-what-if-i-fall/957447)._