Keeping My Grandmother Safe

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Medical Guardian. All opinions are 100% mine.

I've mentioned in earlier posts that my parents were looking for a new house. The whole reason that they were even considering getting a new home was to accommodate my grandmother. She is getting to the point where she needs constant care. My parents are the ones who are stepping up to the plate.

Right now my grandmother lives on the East coast. We have a lot of family that live in her area; they all help to take care of her. Even though she has family living near her, it's not enough. She needs someone with her, not just near her.

My grandmother may be aging physically, but mentally she is sharp as a tac! She hasn't had any loss in her mental capacity whatsoever. She loves her independence, and goes back and forth on the idea of living with someone. One day she is all for the idea and ready to pack her bags. The next day, she will say that she doesn't want to share her living space with anyone.

It seems like my parents are just waiting for her to make up her mind. One thing is for sure something needs to happen. Even if she waits longer before making the move to the West coat to live with my parents, something or someone needs to be with her while she is living alone.

My parents have recently been talking about the idea of getting my grandmother a Medical Guardian. This is a wireless emergency button that you wear on your wrist or around your neck. In any kind of emergency, you just push the button and a live person contacts you through a base station in your home. If you need help, they will call your family, your local police, or EMTs for you. This is something that my grandmother could have used a long time ago. She lives all lone in a 2 story house where she has trouble getting around. She has fallen more than once, and most of the time, those falls end up in trips to the hospital.

Everyone in my family is so afraid that one day my grandmother will fall and not be able to get up. What if she were to fall and have to lie on the floor injured for hours or even days before she was found?

Some people can reduce their risk of falling by consulting with their doctors. I have heard that many seniors fall at home because they may have a medication that makes them dizzy or sleepy. My grandmother has bad knees, and it causes her to lose her balance and fall.

We have tried to do everything we can to make sure that she is safe at home. We have had handrails installed in the bathrooms for her, and when it snows, my cousins de-ice the steps to her door. We had to secure her rug to her stairs because she refused to let us remove it. The same goes for all of her area rugs. My mom went to visit her and made sure that there were night lights in every room. She bought the night lights in bulk at Costco to be sure every room was well lit with them.

They've done everything to make her home safer, now they have a way to make her safer at home with the Medical Guardian. My grandmother isn't ready to give up her independence and that's okay. This system is a way to guarantee her independence for as long as possible. I'll just be happy that I don't have to worry about her all the time. I think it would give peace of mind to every member of our family - especially her.