An intriguing and important new device for people with dementia was shown on Australian TV last week - and it's an invention by two Australian brothers.
Peter Apostolopoulos and Paul Apostolis were profiled on Australia's Today show on September 14, 2014.
They're from new Australian company mCareWatch, founded by Peter and Paul, and they have developed the SOS Mobile Watch, which looks like a watch and tells the time just like an ordinary watch, but is also a monitoring and SOS alarm system with an emergency/medical alert call button, phone and GPS tracking device.
The watch is linked to the Optus mobile digital network and connects its wearer with up to three carers via their smartphone. Wearers hit the SOS button and the watch automatically calls the connected carers.
My recently deceased mother had a back to base alarm; she wore a pendant around her neck, and there was a phone nearby which, when activated by the button on the pendant, would enable someone to come on speaker phone and ask if she was okay. It did the trick for a while, but became pretty much obsolete when she was no longer capable of working out what to do with it. It was kinda heartbreaking, yes. I decided at that point to send the whole device back).
This Australian device is a sensational new product to help those in need, and their carers.
Watch the entire segment here from the Today show.
And find out all you need to know about the mCareWatch by visiting their website here.
Here are some intro videos to get you familiar:
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Peter Apostolopoulos and Paul Apostolis were profiled on Australia's Today show on September 14, 2014.
They're from new Australian company mCareWatch, founded by Peter and Paul, and they have developed the SOS Mobile Watch, which looks like a watch and tells the time just like an ordinary watch, but is also a monitoring and SOS alarm system with an emergency/medical alert call button, phone and GPS tracking device.
The watch is linked to the Optus mobile digital network and connects its wearer with up to three carers via their smartphone. Wearers hit the SOS button and the watch automatically calls the connected carers.
Options include $399 outright or $39 per month plus $69 set up charges, and includes the watch, charger, emergency calls, SMS and data charges.
Be mindful though, that at some point any kind of device could be difficult for someone with advanced dementia to even operate.My recently deceased mother had a back to base alarm; she wore a pendant around her neck, and there was a phone nearby which, when activated by the button on the pendant, would enable someone to come on speaker phone and ask if she was okay. It did the trick for a while, but became pretty much obsolete when she was no longer capable of working out what to do with it. It was kinda heartbreaking, yes. I decided at that point to send the whole device back).
This Australian device is a sensational new product to help those in need, and their carers.
Watch the entire segment here from the Today show.
And find out all you need to know about the mCareWatch by visiting their website here.
Here are some intro videos to get you familiar:
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Falls can happen at any time–even as soon as today. That’s why my son bought one of those Medical Alert (http://www.freedommedicalalert.com/) I especially like that I can use my pendant in the shower or bathtub, several times I even got caught in the rain and the pendant made me secure in case I fell or slipped.
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