Life Alarm Services has been recognized as a provider of quality medical alarm/personal emergency response systems for numerous years. Our well trained staff, customer friendly support, dependable products and concern for the well-being of our subscribers are a few factors that make Life Alarm stand out above the rest.
Life Alarm Services is referred through thousands of public agencies, hospitals, community service organizations, home health care providers, and subscribers throughout the nation. Our monitoring center has monitored thousands of subscribers, and provided them with quality service throughout. That is an accomplishment we are very proud of. After all, each of our subscribers and their families trust in our service due to the responsibility we have.
We provide medical alarm/personal emergency response service throughout the United States and Canada. Our product is a very installer-friendly plug and play system. This simplistic system makes our subscribers comfortable with the operation of their life saving system, Life Alarm. The two-way voice communication system assures quick and efficient response to any in-home emergency. Our systems are ideally designed for the elderly and disabled persons who are home alone and medically at risk.
Ways to Prevent Elderly Abuse
The best way to prevent elder abuse is to visit your elderly loved one frequently. Notice if there are any changes in personality. Notice any bruises, loss of weight, burns or excessive dirtiness immediately. At first, you might not recognize or take seriously signs of elder abuse.
They may appear to be symptoms of dementia or signs of the elderly person’s frailty. Many of the signs and symptoms of elder abuse do overlap with symptoms of mental deterioration, but that doesn’t mean you should dismiss them on the caregiver’s say-so. Investigate anything that looks or feels suspicious. It is a good practice for you or another trusted person to personally examine your loved one on a regular basis. Let your loved one or anyone you suspect to be a victum know that you know about elder abuse and how to report it and prevent it.
Elderly Abuse
We are now living longer than ever through advances in nutrition and medical science. Unfortunately, this also means that there is a large aging population that may not be able to take care of themselves. Everyone needs to be aware of elder abuse and how to report it and how to prevent it. More than half a million reports of abuse against the U.S. population of the elderly reach authorities every year, and millions more cases go unreported. By learning the signs and symptoms of elder abuse and how to act on behalf of an elderly person who is being abused, you’ll not only be helping someone else but also strengthening your own defenses against elder abuse in the future.
Report It
Any suspected abuse should be brought to the attention of your local police, media and your lawyer, even if the victim doesn’t want to report it. This could save an elderly persons life.
Types of Elderly Abuse
- Physical Abuse
Physical elder abuse is a non-accidental use of force against an elderly person that results in physical pain, injury, or impairment. Such abuse includes not only physical assaults such as hitting or shoving but inappropriate use of drugs, restraints, or confinement. - Emotional Abuse
In emotional or psychological elder abuse, people speak to or treat elderly persons in ways that cause emotional pain or distress. Verbal forms of emotional elder abuse include intimidation through yelling or threats, humiliation, ridicule and habitual blaming. Nonverbal or psychological forms of elder abuse include ignoring an elderly person, isolating an elder person from friends or activities and terrorizing an elderly person.
Types of Elderly Abuse
- Neglect or Abandonment
Depriving an elderly person of food, heat, clothing, comfort, essential medication or failure to fulfill a caretaking obligation. This constitutes more than half of all reported cases of elder abuse. - Self-Neglect
Elderly persons neglecting themselves by not caring about their own health or safety. - Financial
Illegal or unauthorized use of a person’s property, money, pension book or other valuables including changing the person's will to name the abuser as heir. Fraudulently obtaining power of attorney, followed by deprivation of money or other property, or by eviction from own home.
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