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As someone who literally designs nurse call systems for a living, this is lovely and well intentioned, but also utterly inane.
You cannot be around someone 24/7. Even if you so much as step out to get groceries, that's a window of time where something can go wrong.
Nurse call systems save lives. That is a simple fact, and it's why every nursing home is either expected or - depending on jurisdiction - required to have one.
What you're doing here is the equivalent of telling a cancer patient to try drinking ginger tea.
Well I mentioned to him yesterday since his cell doesn’t work at home he should see if the VA would help him get a life alert like the 80+ woman about halfway between his and my house, and he asked if Medicare would pay for it. His brother told him since he’s older, a year shy of retirement age, partially disabled and a vet he may also qualify for Medicaid too, and you could see the lightbulb go on and said he’d see.