If no phone, how and who does the watch communicate too?
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Do not get an Apple Watch for an elderly person to use as a fall alarm
This is good advice, even on a dedicated life safety device fall detection is poor. Don’t bother disagreeing with me on this I sell them for a living and I know this for a fact.
I agree totally , the biggest plus on a dedicated fall alarm is they just have a big simple obvious button to press , if the call centre don’t get a reply , they just call an ambulance
My mom wanted a watch for fall detection since she lives alone. She’s on android so she bought herself a pixel watch. She wore it maybe for the first 2 weeks, then forgot to charge it and now it has been sitting on a table ever since - we’re talking months. So if you are not going to take on making sure it’s charged, I wouldn’t count on grandma remembering. Just something to think about.
Totally! Is one of the considerations we have about it. The good thing is that I live with her so i can keep track of the battery a little bit closer. We do want it as an extra measure if we don’t hear her fall (as she lives in the first floor of the house)