Studies have shown, having an alert device actually enhances your quality of life by reducing the anxiety and worry around falling. This is how thousands of older Canadians are leading active lifestyles regardless of their risk of falling.
They don’t let their medical conditions slow them down. They don’t let their fear of falling slow them down. And they don’t let living alone slow them down either. They value their independence and want to keep doing what they enjoy doing. They don’t let the risk of falling affect their quality of life.
I founded PulseAlert after being impacted by the loss of my grandfather. While I was serving in the Royal Canadian Navy, my grandfather was living alone when a stroke left him paralyzed and helpless on the floor.
After laying there for two days he eventually passed away. The doctor told us that his death could have been prevented if he had an emergency response device with a fall-alert feature. It would have sensed the fall and notified emergency services and someone would have been dispatched to help him right away.
If he had one of these devices, my grandfather would still be alive today. Since that day, it’s been my mission to get these life saving devices in the hands of as many older Canadians who NEED one as possible and prevent such a tragedy from ever happening to another family.