[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by virtualcynthia

my I phone has and emergency button accessible even if the phone is locked. You set it up with
Your medical info and emergency contacts. I hit 911 by mistake and it called 911 and my 4 emergency contacts who called me. The message it left for my friends was XXX has an emergency.

Also Alexa has an app, My Buddy. Good if you fall. You just call out, “Alexa, call my buddies”. It will call, text and email all the people you put on the list. The only issue is some people are tech and Alexa phobic.

Finally, I’m on a text group on neighbors that texts good morning to the group every day. If by noon someone hasn’t checked in, we call. If there’s no response, we show up and knock at their door and if someone doesn’t have a key, we call the police. We’re not necessarily good friends, but we are good neighbors. It’s just peace of mind that someone close by is aware.

This is a great local workaround to a service offered by one of my former cities I lived in. It was a senior citizen service called YANA. It auto-dialed you everyday. If you did not pick up, it would try again in 15-30 minutes. After a third time, it would arrange for a police officer to be dispatched for a wellness check. YANA = You Are Not Alone.