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Why can every member use PERS as part of their LTSS Plan?
Millions of Americans with functional impairments today rely on personal assistance and other long-term services and supports (LTSS) in their home to perform daily activities, to maintain their quality of living and to secure their independence.
The goal of all LTSS plans is to facilitate optimal living functions. PERS is a critical part of this process. Alert Medical Alarms provides enterprise level PERS solutions that help make the lives of Case Managers and their Members easier. Clients and their caregivers need wandering solutions, social isolation fixes, proactive help with falls, and many other interventions that come with some of the pitfalls of aging.
Together we give back freedom and independence to those who need it most. As people age, they become more susceptible to disease and disability, however much of the burden of ill health among older people can be reduced or prevented by incorporating PERS in every LTSS plan.
PERS can assist members with every physical, mental, and emotional challenge you can imagine such as
Injury
Social Isolation and Exclusion
Dementia & Wandering
Elder
Maltreatment
Injury
Health effects of social isolation and loneliness
Social isolation and loneliness can increase risks for a variety of physical and mental conditions: high blood pressure, heart disease, weakened immune system, anxiety, depression, cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease, and even death. Overall, social isolation significantly increases a client's risk of premature death from all causes. Loneliness rivals' health risk factors as much as inactivity, smoking, and even obesity. Here is why:
• 50% percent increased risk of dementia
• 29% increased risk of heart disease and a 32% increased risk of stroke
• Higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide: The highest rate of suicide in the nation is among individuals 65 years of age and older
• Individuals with heart problems and who suffer from social isolation, have nearly a 4X increased risk of death, 68% increased risk of hospitalization, and 57% increased risk of emergency department visits.
The latest data suggests that immigrant populations experience loneliness more often than other groups. Fewer social ties and lack of social integration are key factors. Language barriers aside, consider the differences in community and family dynamics coupled with new relationships that lack nostalgic connection. A big thing here to know, is that our monitoring center provides services in over 100 different languages. This will become increasingly important to communicate with your members.
As we continue to age, there are inevitable losses we all face. Loved ones and friends move on or pass away. Society changes and neighborhoods shift. This can cause seniors to feel sad or depressed. They simply miss the loved ones who have now moved on or passed away. Aging is HARD...
Alert Medical Alarms IS CHANGING this perception!
DID YOU KNOW?
"PERS is more than just an emergency fall button."
PERS can be used to address feelings of social Isolation or loneliness. Our operators are Five Diamond Certified meaning we are trained and prepared for the highest levels of Client Service. Whether your members are depressed, lonely or confused, their PERS device can act as a call line for help when dealing with negative thoughts. When a member uses their device for social isolation or loneliness, our operators can call family members and friends to make them aware.
The big takeaway from this is if your member is at risk, let us know! The more info you provide the better prepared we'll be in assisting your member. This is a TRUE partnership & prevention effort.
"PERS is not just a fall button but a Universal Call Line for Help. Whether a member needs to talk through a bad day or get connected to their FAVORITE GRANDCHILD, Alert Medical Alarms is here to provide just that."
- Noah Gifford, President
Around 6.2 million Americans have Dementia
This number continues to increase daily.....
Over 60% are living in low-income communities
Dementia deaths have increased by 16% during Covid
11.3% of people over the age of 60 are faced with Dementia
We suspect this figure to be LOW!
Do you have a client in this category?
Our Solution:
Text To Locate Tracking Capability
Family members and loved ones can text a member's device and receive their exact GPS location? In an instant?
Overview :
A family member or friend is able to send a SMS message to the PERS device that their participant is wearing. Once the text is sent, the device will reply back it’s exact GPS location using Google Maps.
How It Works :
1. A family member or friend will have to be listed as a contact for the member so they can text the device.
2. Text “Find Mom”
3. The device will then return the location of Mom (provided device powered ON) The feature uses GPS and advanced WiFi location services
4. It will send the first valid location it receives back from the device.
This solution has been wildly successful. A client of ours, Uncle Willie, has benefitted immensely from this feature. Uncle Willie has Dementia and wanders a lot. His nephew, Bruce, is his caregiver. One night Bruce woke up, and realized Uncle Willie was gone! He noticed that the medical alert was not on the charger, which meant Uncle Willie had it on him. That turned out to be great news, because the bad news was, it was the worst winter storm of the season! Bruce immediately texted the device and soon enough, he received his location… ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY!
Bruce immediately got in his car and quickly made his way to the location. Lo and behold, Uncle Willie was sitting on a park bench at the location that the GPS device had indicated! Bruce picked him up, and took him to his warm and safe home. The family was extremely grateful for the Text to Locate feature and don’t know where Uncle Willie would be today without it (Literally).
We learned a lot after our experience with Bruce and Uncle Willie. Our next step was to develop solutions that prevented Uncle Willie from leaving the home.
Elderly Maltreatment What You Need to Know
At least 10% of adults ages 65 and older will experience some form of elder abuse each year, with some older adults simultaneously experiencing more than one type of abuse.
Abuse can happen anywhere, especially in our clients' homes. The mistreatment of older adults can be by family members, neighbors, health care providers, caregivers, or even friends.
Type of Abuse
• Physical abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Neglect
• Abandonment
• Sexual abuse
• Financial abuse
Abuse can happen to any older adult, but often affects those on Managed Care who depend on others for help with activities of everyday life including bathing, dressing, and taking medicine. People who are frail are easy victims. Even if our clients have 24-hour care, an AMA PERS Device serves as both the ultimate intervention and prevention of abuse. Help is just a button push away.
PERS Gives the power back to the abused
Reduce the Impacts of falls
Have your members been admitted to the hospital without you knowing? Avoid the frustration of a client not telling you about an incident; our cutting edge PERS solutions provide detailed real time communication that keeps you in the loop for any critical incident or trigger event.
Every time one of your members pushes their button here's what happens:
Our trained operators assess the situation and quickly dispatch the right help.
If a trigger event or critical incident has occurred, we send real-time fax and/or email notifications directly to the service coordinator including the details of the incident.
As appropriate, we follow-up with our clients directly to make sure their life is back on track and to ensure their needs were met.