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October 16, 2007 - Virginia B. is a widow who lives alone in her house in a Boston suburb. At 82, she is spry and lively but has problems with her hips and rarely leaves her house. Her children live in other states and few of her friends remain. She is lonely and misses human contact. Recently, her children subscribed to www.SeniorCallup.com. This is a
service where seniors, living alone, get a daily call from designated callers. A designated caller asks three questions: “Are you O.K? Have you taken your medicines and do you need anything.”
These questions seem simple, but there are serious issues behind them.
When the designated caller asks whether the Senior is O.K. or not, she will watch for signs of sickness, dementia or depression, common in the elderly. The question about taking their medicines is important. Seniors often take several different medicines. Research shows that Seniors living alone frequently forget to take their medicines, and at the specified dosages. Where doctors alter dosages or medicines, Seniors often get confused. The designated caller will know about the medicines to be taken and checks.
The question: “Are you O.K” may bring up many issues. In most cases, from day to day, everything will be well. However, experience shows that some of these issues ought to be acted upon but are often unknown to the relatives of the Senior. They will be informed.
Finally, if the Senior requests help, shows signs of distress or doesn’t reply when being called, immediate action is taken.
One day, when Virginia was called, her speech was slurred and she seemed confused. The caller was trained in detecting signs of a beginning stroke. Emergency personnel was immediately contacted. The caller stayed on the line. Twenty minutes later the emergency personnel was on Virginia’s door and was taken care of. She had indeed suffered from a stroke that left her in the hospital for over two weeks. Without the rapid intervention, she could have died.
As our aging populations grows larger and larger and older and older, services like www.SeniorCallup.com will be in increasing demand. Such services eases the feeling of social isolation and loneliness; enhances the quality of life for the Seniors living alone and – perhaps too – give their boomer kids peace-of-mind?
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NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit www.SeniorCallup.com
SeniorCallup.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Inquiries:
October 15, 2007 S. Erik Skoug 603.598.1200
SES ( @ ) SeniorCallup dot com
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