Medical Alarm System Terms

Age Related Medical Conditions

Seniors have physical conditions like, arthritis – both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, macular degeneration, frequent falls, which limits a senior’s mobility, and for which a Medical Alarm System can provide many benefits.

Back-Up Power Supply for Senior Medical Alert Systems

Each Medical Alert System has a rechargeable internal back-up battery that provides either 15 to 24 hours of stand-by power supply in the case of power failure or accidental disconnection from the home electrical outlet. It also notifies our National Monitoring Center that you have a discharging or low battery.

Caregiver

Someone who is concerned and/or takes direct responsibility for the care and well-being of a loved one, family member or friend. Caregivers often make the decision of which medical alarm company would be best.

Emergency Service Providers and 911 Medical Response

Your local community EMS such as police, fire and ambulance that will be dispatched by the Get Help Now National Monitoring Center depending on the nature of the need for assistance.

National Monitoring Center (NMC) for Get Help Now

The facilities where all calls from seniors who need medical, emergency, or assistance from a fall are received. The National Monitoring Center is staffed at all times by highly trained Personal Emergency Response Associates.

Heart-Related Conditions

Physical conditions (congestive heart disease, coronary artery disease, hypertension) which limit an individual's mobility and for which a Personal Medical Alarm can provide many benefits.

Inactivity Timer service

This service notifies the Get Help Now Monitoring Center if the subscriber has not checked in within the selected time period. Inactivity Timers are not usually set on our medical alert system…it tends to cause many false alarms.

Incident

An incident is any time the Get Help Now National Medical Monitoring Center dispatches assistance to the subscriber's home. Assistance could be just calling individuals identified by the subscriber as contacts or responders, typically neighbors, friends and family… or could be emergency service providers such as local community police, fire or ambulance depending on the situation.

Response Center

Another name like medical monitoring center…once again, these are the facilities where all calls from seniors who need medical, emergency, or assistance from a fall are received. The National Monitoring Center is staffed at all times by highly trained Personal Emergency Response Associates.

Limited Mobility Conditions

Physical conditions (paralysis, neuromuscular disease such as Parkinson's, MS, Cerebral Palsy, amputation, osteoporosis) which limit an individual's mobility and for which the Get Help Now System can provide multiple benefits.

Low Battery Warning

Get Help Now medical alarms will automatically alert our National Medical Monitoring Center when the clients unit (speaker box battery) back-up battery is low.

Medical Alarms, Medical Alerts, Personal Emergency Response Systems, Personal Alarm Systems, American Senior Safety Agency

All are popular terms for Get Help Now’s medical alarm service, our CEO, Jeff Miller, is one of the pioneers of medical alarm systems and is a most trusted industry icon...even AARP’s “My Generation” magazine listed American Senior Safety Agency as 1 of the 3 best personal alarms.

Notify Contacts

An individual that the subscriber wants notified by Get Help Now whenever the subscriber needs assistance. This can be a family member or healthcare provider who wants to be informed of the subscriber's well being.

More Physical Challenges for Seniors

Physical conditions like paralysis, MS Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, other neuromuscular disorders, amputation, visual impairments, hearing difficulty) which limit an individual's mobility and safety for which the Get Help Now System can provide benefits.

Personal Help Button(s)

The waterproof button/pendant/transmitter worn by the Get Help Now subscribers, is pressed to call for help to our medical monitoring center. If your aunt, uncle, mother, father, sister, brother, friend, grandmother, grandfather, wife husband need a personal help button…Senior Safety’s Get Help Now Medical Alarm System can be the answer.

Personal Response Operator

One of a team of highly trained dedicated individuals who is there to answer the call of Senior Safety and Get Help Now subscribers, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Responders

Responders are the first people the Get Help Now Medical Monitoring Center will contact to come to the aid of the subscriber, unless the need for emergency service personnel (EMS) such as police, fire or ambulance is needed. Responders may be relatives, friends, neighbors or people living with the subscriber, but they should be close enough to be able to come to the aid of a subscriber quickly. A responder more than 5 minutes away is not a good choice.

Senior Alarm

Another popular term for Get Help Now System that is trusted by more clients and caregivers throughout the United States.

Senior Alarms

Another popular term for Get Help Now System that is trusted by more clients and caregivers throughout the United States.

Senior Medical Alarm

Another popular term for Get Help Now System that is trusted by more clients and caregivers throughout the United States.

Senior Medical Alarms

Another popular term for Get Help Now System that is trusted by more clients and caregivers throughout the United States.

Subscriber

An individual who is being monitored by the Get Help Now personal emergency response system.

Two - Way Voice communication

Each Get Help Now system has a built-in speakerphone that is activated when the subscriber presses their Personal Help Button. This allows the Get Help Now’s Monitoring Center's personal response operator to speak to anyone in the home without the need for the household phone to be picked up. This two-way voice communication helps determine what kind of assistance is required and speeds the process of getting the right help to our client.

Unit

Refers to the Get Help Now medical alarm equipment. The equipment has many useful functions which, when activated by a Personal Help Button, puts clients in touch with the Get Help Now Medical Monitoring Center.