Nurse Holly

jmcquown wrote:

I just found it on Amazon still listed at $99.95 USD. The problem I
might have with something like this is it's wireless. My laptop has a
router but a wireless connection here is hit or miss so I use a cable
connection instead. I'm not sure I'd want to stake my life on being
able to get a wireless signal through.

I got rid of my cell phone because I don't want to have to walk outside
and down the street to see if I can get "bars".

A wireless device in your home isn't the same thing as a cell phone.
The cell phone has to connect to a cell tower that could be miles away.
Various kinds of obstructions in your area (either physical or electro-
magnetic) can make it difficult to get a signal in certain places, such
as inside your house. A wireless device such as the "Help at Hand" button
only has to connect to a unit that is *in* your house. That unit is
connected to your phone line.

Do you have wireless Internet? If you can access the 'net from a laptop
in a different room from where the wireless router is, then you can use
one of those buttons.

--
Joyce

Something you'll never hear an 8-year-old say:

"Nana, will you spit on your hankie and wipe the gravy off my face?"

On 12/13/2012 5:38 PM, Bastette wrote:
jmcquown wrote:

I just found it on Amazon still listed at $99.95 USD. The problem I
might have with something like this is it's wireless. My laptop has a
router but a wireless connection here is hit or miss so I use a cable
connection instead. I'm not sure I'd want to stake my life on being
able to get a wireless signal through.

I got rid of my cell phone because I don't want to have to walk outside
and down the street to see if I can get "bars".

A wireless device in your home isn't the same thing as a cell phone.
The cell phone has to connect to a cell tower that could be miles away.
Various kinds of obstructions in your area (either physical or electro-
magnetic) can make it difficult to get a signal in certain places, such
as inside your house. A wireless device such as the "Help at Hand" button
only has to connect to a unit that is *in* your house. That unit is
connected to your phone line.

Do you have wireless Internet? If you can access the 'net from a laptop
in a different room from where the wireless router is, then you can use
one of those buttons.

Nope, I have to have a hard-wired cable connection to connect to the
Internet. Wireless anything just doesn't work well here.

Jill

Another precaution for anyone who lives alone (cats don't count!) is to
arrange for a telephone contact every morning. I have done this for
years and it helps to know that someone will arrange for help if I can't
answer the phone.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

On 12/13/2012 5:38 PM, Bastette wrote:
jmcquown wrote:

I just found it on Amazon still listed at $99.95 USD. The problem I
might have with something like this is it's wireless. My laptop has a
router but a wireless connection here is hit or miss so I use a cable
connection instead. I'm not sure I'd want to stake my life on being
able to get a wireless signal through.

I got rid of my cell phone because I don't want to have to walk outside
and down the street to see if I can get "bars".

A wireless device in your home isn't the same thing as a cell phone.
The cell phone has to connect to a cell tower that could be miles away.
Various kinds of obstructions in your area (either physical or electro-
magnetic) can make it difficult to get a signal in certain places, such
as inside your house. A wireless device such as the "Help at Hand" button
only has to connect to a unit that is *in* your house. That unit is
connected to your phone line.

So it would work sort of like my cordless phone? If that's the case I
might just get one.

Jill

On 12/14/2012 7:52 AM, ---MIKE--- wrote:
Another precaution for anyone who lives alone (cats don't count!) is to
arrange for a telephone contact every morning. I have done this for
years and it helps to know that someone will arrange for help if I can't
answer the phone.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

That is a good idea if you live alone .My mother has a friend that calls
her every morning.

Ann

"---MIKE---" wrote in message
...

Another precaution for anyone who lives alone (cats don't count!) is to
arrange for a telephone contact every morning. I have done this for
years and it helps to know that someone will arrange for help if I can't
answer the phone.

---MIKE---

~~~~~~~
My sister and I do something similar. Now that we are both retired and live
alone (although both with two cats!), we realized that we might not be
missed for some time if something were to happen to us. So, we exchange a
very short email message every morning. Whoever gets up firs will simply
send a "checkin," and the other will send "reply." She lives in Ohio and I
am in Texas, so we use email instead of the telephone. We each have names
to call if we haven't had a message by noon.

MaryL

On 12/14/2012 9:17 AM, ann791 wrote:
On 12/14/2012 7:52 AM, ---MIKE--- wrote:
Another precaution for anyone who lives alone (cats don't count!) is to
arrange for a telephone contact every morning. I have done this for
years and it helps to know that someone will arrange for help if I can't
answer the phone.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

That is a good idea if you live alone .My mother has a friend that calls
her every morning.

Ann

It's a good idea, sure. On the other hand, I don't want someone
panicking just because I don't answer the phone. My SO called my
neighbor last month. He'd tried to call me and I didn't answer. She
came over expecting to find me on the floor! Turns out my phone was
temporarily out of order. I could just have easily been in the shower
or at the store.

Jill

If your cordless phone works, then so will the "Help at Hand".

My telephone contact calls me at precisely 8 AM. If I don't hear by
8:05, I call her (sometimes she oversleeps). If we don't make contact
by 8:15, we have numbers (neighbors) to call. If we can't reach anyone,
911 is next.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

"---MIKE---" wrote in message
...
Another precaution for anyone who lives alone (cats don't count!) is to
arrange for a telephone contact every morning. I have done this for
years and it helps to know that someone will arrange for help if I can't
answer the phone.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

***

I don't do that, but I do send a nightly "checking in" email to my kids. If
they don't get it, they get in touch with me to see if I'm okay. They also
have the phone number of my next-door neighbor, who has a key, and who would
come in and look if they called her.

Joy

jmcquown wrote:

On 12/13/2012 5:38 PM, Bastette wrote:

A wireless device in your home isn't the same thing as a cell phone.
The cell phone has to connect to a cell tower that could be miles away.
Various kinds of obstructions in your area (either physical or electro-
magnetic) can make it difficult to get a signal in certain places, such
as inside your house. A wireless device such as the "Help at Hand" button
only has to connect to a unit that is *in* your house. That unit is
connected to your phone line.

So it would work sort of like my cordless phone? If that's the case I
might just get one.

Pretty much the same, yes. If that signal can be sent/received from inside
your house, then wireless devices would work, too.

--
Joyce

May the great galactic kitten always purr you to sleep.