Medical Alert

I was falling a lot so I got the Medical Alert device. I used it for an emergency, and the team asked me if I was okay and if I was not physically hurt. I would fall and couldn't get up, and they would come to pick me up. They sent the ambulance and they had to bring me to hospital once. There was another time where they came and picked me up and then brought me to my chair where I sleep in, and they left.

I’m an old senior lady living by myself. I don’t have any family here around in this county. I’ve got to the point where I drive a little. I can drive to the store, go over to our senior center and drive over to church. I felt that I needed Medical Alert. Wearing my bracelet is fine and it doesn't bother me at all. I’d rather wear it than the pendant. It seems like it’s always dangling around and I’m not comfortable with it. I have used my Medical Alert three times. The first time I fell was in the house. I wear the bracelet all the time but I didn’t have it on that late evening. I had to scoot on the floor. I got through the house into my bedroom where my medical alert device was and I pushed the button.

I was essentially alone even when my husband was alive because he was ill. I wanted a medical alert device for him and I also had one. When my husband died, I sent his back but I kept mine because I need it too because of my age. It’s a securing back up for me because I have had a number of falls. I wear it around my neck all the time except when I have someone in the home. I have caregivers and I have my family here sometimes. So I wouldn't need it then. I would put it aside then as soon as they’d leave, I would put it back on. I have a better feeling when I have that. It’s like having somebody in the house with me.

I live alone so I got a Medical Alert. I like knowing that I have a button if I need it and my kids are happy that I have it. I've been with Medical Alert for a few years now. Their customer service reps are good. They answer my questions. I feel secure having a Medical Alert. I just don't like this new one that they sent me. It's one of those where if you fall, it automatically sends in the signal. In case you knocked yourself out, they get there and that's fine. But this new one is so sensitive. If I don't put it on very gently, it sets my base off. When it goes off, the base unit yells emergency five times. If I'm in the house, I hear it and I'd go to it and reset it. But if I'm outside, I can't hear that and I don't want anybody to show up if I don't need them. I don't mind paying for the service but I don't like this new one.

I’m 81 years old and I had a problem with my knee for a while. I had knee replacement 20 years ago but nobody wants to replace them again right now so I had a really bad problem with my knee giving away. Then my husband was really ill and I had stress so I had a lot of falls during that period of time. That was why I decided to get Medical Alert. In two years, I had fallen 20 times and four of them required hospitalization. So I really appreciated having Medical Alert. It makes we feel more secure because I know if anything happens, I can press the button and get help. I also live alone and I’m still immobile. I walk with a walker but things happen sometimes.

I've had a really good experience with Medical Alert. When I fell and called Medical them, they sent somebody out. I feel much safer 'cause I have their device.

In the beginning of the year, I didn’t have an alert system. My daughter was with me but she went down to this other place for a couple of months. I put a plastic on my contour chair to sit down and it threw me down between the foot part and the seat part, and I couldn’t get out. Two days before that, I fell against my desk and hit my shoulder. So, when this happened, I couldn't pick myself up when I finally wiggled out of the chair. I was on the floor from 10 o’clock Friday night until 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon because I couldn’t lift myself up. When my daughter came over, she pulled me up and we went to the hospital where I stayed for a couple of days. I had to get a system and I didn’t have that before. Now, I couldn’t live alone for a month which forced me to get Medical Alert.

I've had a very good experience with Medical Alert. The other day, I fell and I had to use my button and called, and it was wonderful. A young woman came on right away and she kept with me. My husband was just outside but he didn’t have his phone, so they couldn’t call him. The young woman kept asking me if I was alright. I was very satisfied and it was wonderful knowing that somebody was checking up on me and making sure I was okay during that period of 5 or 10 minutes before the paramedics came. I felt very safe.

I’m in a wheelchair and I can’t walk that good. I have to have a walker to get from here to the bathroom or here to the vehicle to go to the doctor. And I have to use a manual wheelchair when I get somewhere. I’m wobbly. I don’t have good balance and I have fallen in the past. I’m accident prone. I had a whole bunch of accidents and it made me feel bad. I got a device from Medical Alert and I’ve had good success with it.

Everybody that we’ve talked to at Medical Alert has been really kind and courteous. They walked us through the stuff that we didn’t know. My grandmother had been falling and they told me that if she braces herself or tries to get up, it will reset the thing, which I didn’t know. Then they had me throw it and it went off. The rep explained the difference between the two over the phone, which actually made everything so much clearer. Having Medical Alert has given my grandmother more security. She is older. She’s 82 now and she was falling a lot. She was home by herself and we were all concerned. The device is comfortable for her too, although she hits it a lot and she keeps us running to turn it off. Still, we recommended it to my grandmother's sister and she has it now as well.

I was working on my paths in Maine and I did not have cell towers where my cellphone would answer. My family worried about me when I was out walking on my paths and we got a medical alert device. I’ve been using Medical Alert for three years and I’ve been very happy with it. I have pressed the button a couple of times by accident and the response was very good. The staff wanted to make sure I was alright and they made certain that I did not have anybody here that was bothering me. They have been very caring and I’m very satisfied. I have recommended Medical Alert to many people and I may possibly at the end of the year have it automatically go off if I fall. I know they do that service now.

When I've had to call Medical Alert, they've been a big help. They've been really nice. I wear it when I take a shower, but I don't wear it when I go away from the house because I know it's not covered. I'm always afraid of falling, and Medical Alert makes me feel safer. I'm very satisfied with my experience. I had mentioned Medical Alert to a couple of friends.

The Medical Alert is my first medical alert service and I've had no problem with it. It’s already paid for a year so I’m gonna keep it until then. The only thing I’m concerned about is, at my age, I found out I could get it free now. In using the device, I don't know that it's there. I set it off accidentally in the shower this morning and they called right away. It was very good.

These scam artists have ripped my 89 year old mother off for well over $3,000.00. They didn't send my mother a thing, got her credit card number via: a phone call, and continue charging her (going on 4 years) for NOTHING! I've call them and they have given me a huge runaround, talking to one person, then another, then another, one said send the device back I've told them she doesn't have their device. We've had to change her credit card number twice. That was two years ago and they still are sending her bills. She has terminal cancer. I'm going to have to report this scam corrupt corporation for SENIOR ABUSE! I'm done playing games with this greedy CORPORATION!

I live by myself and Medical Alert called me. Having the device, it's a lot easier because I’m out a lot and I have it around my neck all the time when I’m out. The device went off one time and the response time was okay. It's been a perfect experience.

I had an episode of not breathing in the middle of the night, and my son thought I should get a Medical Alert in case I’d have another one. I have it on, and if I need it, it’s there. It has given me confidence. I put it around my neck in the morning and it fits good. The only thing I don't like is the bracelet on the one I use at night. It’s a bugger to get on at night. They should change the band so that it’s easier to put on. But other than that their reps have been okay. When I have a question Medical Alert answers it.

My husband passed away in December and I live alone, so I felt like I needed a Medical Alert. I have to use a walker and I have a balance problem too. I haven't had to use it, but I've bumped it so many times. And their response time is okay, about a minute or two. I feel a lot more secure now that I have it.

I live by myself and I have three children that thought it’d be advisable to have this Medical Alert device. I’m certainly glad that they convinced me to have it. I wasn’t comfortable with it at first because I never had anything around my neck before, but it’s comfortable. When I take a shower, I lay it right by the door of the shower and that’s the only time that I take it off. Once in the middle of the night, about 2:00 in the morning, I rolled over and I must have set the device off because their people were talking to me and I had a response immediately. They're right away and that's a good thing. I am very pleased with my unit.

I live by myself and I'm 86 years old. My daughter got this Medical Alert just in case I needed help with anything or if something happened. I know it works because not too long ago, my neighbor's cat came in, jumped up on and hit the button on my box. They came right on. I told them that I'm all right and there isn't anything wrong with me. When I go to bed, I just hang the necklace across my bedpost and if something would happen to me at night, I could just reach up and press the button. I'd recommend it to anybody.

I wear my Medical Alert all the time and I don't have any problem. I was 82 when I got it. I’m 86 now, and I live alone because I’m a widow, and it’s as caution to have a life alert. My daughters urged me to get it and I’m glad I did. I call in and check it every month and their staff has been very cooperative. They are knowledgeable and very kind. I would recommend it highly. I do all the time.

Wearing the Medical Alert device is a pain in the neck. When I put my pants on, it gets in the way. It’s just a little bit too long. But it’s something that if you have an emergency, you’re really glad that you have it on. I have accidentally set it off one time. I dropped it or handled it roughly, and I got a call that something was wrong. But I said I was just a little rough with it and the guy said okay.

I’m a high-risk patient and I’ve had a heart attack. I also have diabetes that I’m having trouble controlling and take several medications to try to counter that. One of the doctor’s offices I was going to put me in touch with Medical Alert and since I worry about having another heart attack, I decided to sign up with them. I have the system for a couple of years now and I’ve had very little contact with their reps. But they have been okay.

I fell and fractured my femur so my family thought it was time for me to have some device for protection. I researched it myself by looking at magazine articles and TV advertisements. Since I belong to AARP, I decided to go with the Medical Alert because the price was right. I have the necklace and the wristband. I take it off when I leave the apartment because I do not have the GPS. The wristband can be sort of bulky but I prefer the it to the necklace. When I was wearing the necklace, I pushed the button by accident and it started, and it was very efficient. It came right on. The people came on the line immediately. Then I had to call the company one time because I needed to go down to the hot tub and I completely forgot that I had the bracelet on. I sorta panicked. I asked them if the heat destroyed the effectiveness of the bracelet. We tested it and it was fine.

I’ve fallen quite a bit and it was a big relief that I had a Medical Alert that I could depend on. My sister has the Life Alert too and she’s the one that coaxed me into getting something like this 'cause I was really satisfied. I’m trying to watch myself when I do my own work here at the house. We like to go out and that’s usually when we have our mishaps. We haven’t even tested it yet. We were supposed to tap it and then on the other end, the people would call back. But I’m happy with it and would recommend it to my older friends. They would probably be interested in it.

I have fallen several times and I live by myself, so I thought I needed something like Medical Alert. I’ve accidentally set it off a few times and they've been very nice. My cat stepped on it once sitting on my lap and rolled over one time in bed on it and set it off. They called immediately and I told them that it was just an accident. However, I got a letter from Medical Alert a day before yesterday, saying that I had signed up for a product protection plan, and I don’t remember signing up for that at all. I called Mastercard and they didn’t know how to get a hold of them either. Still, I feel better having Medical Alert and everything’s been fine so far.

My children told me I needed to have a medical alert device and I've been real satisfied with Medical Alert. It works very good and it works perfectly for me. I take them with me when I leave and I have them in the same room with me all the time. I also usually wear something with a pocket so I can carry everything. So it's comfortable. I feel safer and at ease with it. The Medical Alert team was also helpful when I talked to them.

I’m happy with my Medical Alert. I had a situation where I woke up and couldn’t breathe so I pressed the button and they came quickly. This happened twice and the people were wonderful. However, I have problems when I take the button off. It gets caught on my clothes a lot of times and then it starts ringing. I have to tell Medical Alert that there’s no problem. But I’m trying to be careful and other than that, I have no problems. I still wear the button.

We've been with Medical Alert for at least five years now and I’m very happy that my husband and I both have it. It's been all that I had wanted. There were two times when I had to call the paramedics because I was having some chest pain, and that’s about what I had used my Medical Alert for. I had also had issues with falling but I had never used the alert system. I got up on my own and went about my business. Then I had a call one day from the system and they said they would like to update the one I had. That was how we got a new one. I’m a person who does things for herself but I should’ve also used it on times when I didn’t. I’m definitely aware of how it is now.

I had another medical alert device before and they said they were Medical Alert but I don’t think they were because I couldn’t get through to them. I had shingles and I got real sick, but when we tried pushing the button, there was no answer. Then the button went dead and when I tried to call the number I had for them, I kept getting this company, Medical Alert. So I decided I was just gonna get started with Medical Alert. I stopped the other one and got Medical Alert, and I've had no problems whatsoever. These guys care. With the other one, I didn’t feel like they cared if the device worked or not because they wouldn’t even call me.

My Medical Alert changed my sense of security. I am 75 years old and I live upstairs. I alone live here and if anything would happen, nobody is here with me. So that's why I got my Medical Alert. I just want to have it for security. I thought I would have to get it because you never know what can happen. But when I look at it, I say that if something is gonna happen, it's gonna happen. I wear the one on my wrist and I don't take it off. I wear it to go to work and I sleep with it at night. Sometimes, I will come downstairs and see the light on the button come on. Sometimes I'm at work when it goes off and I would call the home, trying to see if anybody is there. I would ask if they heard the Medical Alert button go off and they would say no. Then sometimes, as I come home from work, somebody might show up at the door and ask me if I'm okay. And whenever I've seen them, they were nice and very good.