Safety beeper for elderly parent

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Hi all, I am trying to find a beeper thing for my elderly dad (who insists on going to the farm every day) so that if he falls, (had a close call earlier this year) he can press a button that would emit a loud beep/send a text alert to family members that all is not well. We would get a mobile for him but he doesn't know how to use them and we want something simple so that if he falls, all he needs to do is press a button to make a loud beep or send a text to designated numbers.
I don't know if something like this is available or not, but any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.
 
I got my own relative a bleeper through these, 24 hr monitoring with a security company, works wirelessly via her landline, but she is housebound. It saved her when she fell down the stairs. I don't know if a mobile type bleeper is available for outside.

http://www.ageaction.ie/
 
I got my own relative a bleeper through these, 24 hr monitoring with a security company, works wirelessly via her landline, but she is housebound. It saved her when she fell down the stairs. I don't know if a mobile type bleeper is available for outside.

http://www.ageaction.ie/

I need one for outside. Thanks for the link. I will check them out. Take care and thanks again.
 
The gadget guy on TV3 morning show sells [broken link removed], he was enthusing about it a week or two ago. It has an SOS button on the back.

(the link works, it seems to be a very slow website)
 
How about one of those special children phones which has a button marked 'mother' and 'father' which you set up for speed dial by just pressing it. Don't tell him it's a kids phone though.
 
Haha great idea above about the kids phone. Would do the job nicely.
 
My mother had one, the problem was she was useless at remembering to put it on. Maybe the phone is a good idea as elcato says.
 
I gave my mother a Doro phone, http://www.gadgetspeak.com/gadget/article.rhtm/757/587360/DORO_PHONEEASY_410GSM.html
it has an emergency assist button on the back - texts me and calls me automatically if she needs help. It will also ring our choice of other numbers if I am away. Its really easy to use, big numbers, loud ring, amplified earpiece etc. She also wears a bracelet which she got through her Public Health Nurse, works whilst she is out in the garden - don't know how far she can go from the unit in the house though. These kind of things bring great peace of mind. My mum has them for a couple of years now and have only had a few false calls where she pressed one of the buttons unintentionally.
 
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