Need for the personal alarm to the elder people in Australia
In Australia, one in seven people living alone at their own homes and they are aged 65+. A statistics tells that on 2026, the proportion of people living alone in Australia will be between 2.8 million and 3.7 million. In addition by 2021, 24% of people living alone will be aged 75 years and three quarters of them will be women.
The elderly people want to live independently at their own homes and many of the elders having fear on depending others for their day to day physical activities. So they loves to live independently.
Risk in elderly people living alone
Getting older can bring health challenges. The elderly people can affect by various diseases such as Arthritis, Heart disease, Respiratory diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, Osteoporosis, diabetes, high blood pressure and menopause. Osteoporosis is a disease that weakens bones, increasing the risk of sudden and unexpected fractures. Women in the age of 50 and above have the greatest risk of developing osteoporosis. In fact, women are four times more likely than men to develop osteoporosis. The elderly people those who are affected by any of these health conditions and living alone at home will be in more risk. The risk of fall is very high and they needs the 24/7 monitoring.
The elderly people, who are not able to do their physical work actively and affected by the health conditions are needs the assistance 24/7. But most of them are living alone, some of them loved to being independent and some were left alone because of their family situations, in this case they need complete assistance.
Activewatch medical alarms can give the 24/7 monitoring for the older people, who are all read more...