Falling is amongst the biggest threats that face our current elderly population. One single fall can lead to
declining function and to the onset of major health concerns. Managing the risk and severity of falls has become
an important issue for those in the medical field.
The ever-present threat of falling in the elderly community has led to the advent of a device that will call for
help as soon as it detects that a fall has occurred. As soon as this technology was made available, First Call was
first in line to offer this service to all of our clients to ensure that they have access to the latest in medical alert services.
The way in which our fall detector device works is fairly straightforward. First of all, the device is worn around the neck as a
pendant. It has been found that fall detectors are most responsive when worn in this manner. Now in the case of a fall, the
detector will be triggered as soon as it detects that a fall has taken place*, without the user needing to push any type of
emergency button. Once triggered, the fall detector will then activate the clients’ main emergency unit and will call for help as
per normal emergency procedure.
*Fall detectors do not detect 100% of falls. As a result, it is important to (whenever possible)
press the emergency button, which is also built in to all of our fall detectors in any case of emergency.
