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Question about Apple Watch fall detection
Posted on 4/23/19 at 7:19 am
Posted on 4/23/19 at 7:19 am
We’re getting my grandma a series 4 Apple Watch because she’s had some falls recently and she’s not very good about keeping her cell phone with her all the time. My question is can I set it up where it only calls her emergency contacts in the event of a detected fall and not call 911 as well? My fear is that the watch will erroneously detect a fall and she will accidentally call 911 because she’s 80 years old and gets confused by technology at times. She lives way out in the country so her emergency contacts would be able to respond much quicker than the volunteer EMTs ever could anyways.
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Posted on 4/23/19 at 8:40 am to 03GeeTee
I looked at mine. Not saying it can't be done but I don't see a way to do it.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 8:48 am to 03GeeTee
She can't get the life alert like all the rest of the cool old people?
Posted on 4/23/19 at 8:55 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
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She can't get the life alert like all the rest of the cool old people?
probably also subsidized by medicare vs $400 apple watch. hmmm.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:01 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
Thought about the life alert but she didn’t want that. She’ll probably also use the watch for normal non emergency phone calls as well when her phone isn’t near.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:05 pm to 03GeeTee
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She’ll probably also use the watch for normal non emergency phone calls as well when her phone isn’t near.
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80 years old and gets confused by technology at times
Posted on 4/23/19 at 12:24 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
Yea I know it sounds weird, but she’s not totally technology illiterate. She has an iPhone and can text and stuff but if she sees something pop up on the screen that she hasn’t seen before she never knows what to do.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 1:39 pm to 03GeeTee
Why not get both? I'm sure the life alert can be purchased through insurance.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 3:50 pm to 03GeeTee
Not to be negative, but I bet she will forget to put it on the charger on the regular. No matter how you hook it up, it still has to have a charged battery for it to work.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 6:41 pm to ruzil
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Not to be negative, but I bet she will forget to put it on the charger on the regular. No matter how you hook it up, it still has to have a charged battery for it to work.
Get her the 42 mm version. I have the 3 series and get at least two days out of it. An old person probably wouldn’t be using it as much and might get a little more. Plus it charges pretty fast. I put it on the charger every morning while showering and getting ready and get at least 20% of a charge. I rarely charge overnight because I use it for an alarm clock.
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