Emergency
Response
Given the choice, most seniors and persons with medical conditions or physical challenges would prefer to live in their own homes and be as independent as they can. That's not always possible. For many, this dream can become a reality with the addition of a reliable, easy-to-use communications device.
Your Emergency Response System connects to your home telephone line and automatically places a call for help when you signal for assistance, any time of the day or night – whether or not you can reach the telephone. Family,
neighbours, or medical personnel whom you pre-designate are notified immediately, so they can respond. This medical alert system has proven dependable enough to meet some very tough standards. It is listed by Underwriters
Laboratories as a home healthcare signaling device.
The heart of this system is the console itself, which is
designed for tabletop use and is ideal for bedside
placement. It features:
a centrally located EMERGENCY button that can
activate the alarm in the same manner as the
personal pendant transmitters
a CLEAR/RESET button, which cancels alarms or
resets the system following an alarm.
During an alarm, the console sounds a loud signal and
also dials the monitoring station to alert them of the
emergency. During a power outage, a back-up battery
will keep the unit functioning for up to 8 hours.
The Emergency Response System
Many people on their own worry about what they
should do, or maybe who they could call for help in a
hurry. The Emergency Response System offers
comfort to someone on his/her own. It provides a
complete sense of independence.
The Emergency Response System offers:
Portable freedom in your own home.
Versatility – to be placed anywhere versus a fixed
button or hardware.
Twenty-four hours a day/365 days a year monitoring
response service.
Experienced personnel available at all times to
respond to your needs.
Pendant that is small and light as well as waterproof
Flexibility – a person may request an unlimited
number of responders, or as few as one.
Please note:
If the telephone lines are not working for whatever reason, the ERS will not work. It is dependant on a working phone
line.
If the back-up battery becomes fully drained (due to
extended periods of no power to the unit), the system will
“squeal” uncontrollably. Please contact the HHHS –
Community Support Services Division office at 457-2941. Please be aware that if you have a pet, there is a possibility that the animal may activate an emergency signal by
stepping on the base unit. Please be sure to have the unit protected and placed somewhere that pets will not have access to it.
The Emergency Response System is a reporting device at best and is intended and serves only as an aid and not as a preventative measure to an accident, sudden illness, crime of burglary or a fire.
Your Emergency Response System automatically tests the communication to the monitoring station weekly.
We Highly Recommend:
Plug your unit into an outlet that is not controlled by a light switch.
That you don't use a power bar for the Care Guard Units Not to use a phone splitter with the unit
Not to hook up answering machines or internet
connections on the same jack as the unit or through the unit.
