According to the 2010 United States census, there are 40.4 million Americans over the age of 65, a 15.3% increase over the 2000 figures. That number is expected to grow to 54.8 million in

A common question that seniors often ask is this: does Medicare pay for a medical alert system? It is a legitimate quandary. After all, Medicare pays medical bills if a senior gets sick or

We’ve all seen the classic television commercial: a little old lady is lying on the floor, presses her emergency medical alert button and shouts that she can’t move or get up. It was great

The market for mobile medical alert systems with GPS tracking is growing rapidly, and there seems to be new products and systems coming to market and being touted on a daily basis. In an

According to a study from the AARP, more than a third of seniors will suffer a fall every year, resulting in two million emergency room visits. Interestingly, 75% of those treated at the ER

The newest innovation in the medical alert business is the fall detector. It is a sensor on a medical alert button that purports to automatically detect when a wearer has fallen, and then calls

It is no secret that falls are among the biggest hazards of growing old; almost all of us know a senior who fell and eventually died from the injuries suffered in that tumble. But

One of the biggest dilemmas during the holiday season is what type of gift to purchase for your parents. What do you get people who have been around for many, many decades and already

Once you finally wade through all of the vast amounts of information and choose a provider for your medical alert system, you have one more decision to make — pendant or bracelet. This is

Studies show that about a third of all households in the United States have ditched their home telephones in favor of exclusively using their cell phones. By some estimates, home phones will be obsolete