What to do in emergency!!

charley0419

I asked my wife if I collapse and was unresponsive what would you do. She had no idea who to call I told her 911, 15 min later I asked her again had no idea. This does worry me as shit happens. Has issues using phone. ANY IDEAS

Cardenas1816

Get an Apple Watch for yourself. It has fall detection that will automatically call 911 and can be set to contact a different emergency contact person (if you have one).

We got one for my FIL and it’s worked each time he has fallen.

Mint

Charley you do need to have some sort of plan in place if you can in case something happens to you.

Many things can happen to you besides falling. Two years ago soon I became septic and was not aware of how sick I was getting. One of my sisters called me. We had a normal conversation. In fact we were planning on going plant shopping the next day. Two hours later another sister tried to call me and could not get a hold of me. She came to my home and found me unresponsive. For approximately 4 1/2 days I was unaware of what was happening. I was in the hospital for I believe it was 10 days. Once I got home, it took me about five weeks to get all my strength back. I needed someone to help me for a little while I couldn’t help anyone else .

If you can, you need to come up with a system for yourself and also one to care for your wife, if you would be unable to care for her for a period of time. I know none of this is easy. Hopefully maybe someone will come along with a system they have in place that would work for you too.

Jazzma

Caredenas —I didn't realize and apple watch would do that — I will get one for myself. Also, our local Fire Department has a 'CARES' department (Community Resources) and has a record that my husband with Alzheimers may be here. If they are called here because something has happened to me, he is to be taken to his Memory Care facility. The facility is also aware of this and will take him in no matter what time he is brought by. I hope you have something similar where you are.

annie51

I bought an Apple Watch for the same reason about the fall detection. I also bought a small metal band that fits on the Apple watch band that has my name, an emergency contact number (not my DH), and the statement that “spouse has dementia and must accompany me” so they won’t leave him there alone (I don’t have a plan B location yet). The little band came from RoadID.com.
Our county EMS department has a yellow dot program - it’s a yellow sticker to put on your car and on your front door that alerts them to look for the emergency information in the glove compartment or on your fridge. I have the same information about emergency contact and that he cannot be left alone.

aconite

You can also put emergency medical info into an Apple phone and set it up so that it can be accessed in case of an emergency. In addition to my medical info, I also included a statement that I am a caregiver and that my emergency contact must be notified. My DH would not be able to provide someone with my medical info even if he did manage to call 911 (which is doubtful). That info can also be accessed from your Apple watch. I think Android phones have something similar.

Some states participate in a program called "yellow dot" - so named because you get a yellow circular sticker to put on the back windows. It tells first responders to look in the glove box for the yellow dot forms in case of an emergency. Pennsylvania, where I live, is a participating state.

You can also prepare forms with medical and emergency contact info to go in your home for first responders. The refrigerator is a suggested location, but I had to use the outside of a cabinet - still in the kitchen.

I also put an icon on my DH's phone where he can call our daughter just by touching her photo. That was with her understanding that she might get calls by mistake at odd hours. I would NOT advise this for 911 since he has called our daughter in the middle of the night accidentally after unlocking the phone and then touching her photo when he puts the phone down. We have not yet reached the point where he calls repeatedly on purpose.

BPS

I asked my wife the same thing a year and a half ago. She knew she should call 911 so I asked her to show me and she picked up the TV remote looked at it for a little while and then didn't know what to. I told the doctor and the only advise he had was for me to always have my cell phone on me.

SDianeL

there are alert buttons you can get that you wear, that know if you fall and will ask you if you need help. If you don’t answer they will send he’lp. The VA gave one to me for my husband. There is a monthly monitoring fee. You set it up online and the service will also call family members or whoever you put in the system. I’ll get the name of it and post. I used it twice for him.

SDianeL

https://www.medequipalert.com