I had heard from a mutual friend that you, like I, use a wheelchair. There are times that I walk a (very few) yards with a walker.
I used to laugh at the "I've fallen and I can't get up" commercials. But, in the last couple of years I've had to have the assistance of paramedics to get up off of the floor twice. Because of my spine surgery I can't have an untrained person just embrace me and pull me up.
1. When home alone I tend to stay in my lift chair a good deal of the time.
2. When home alone we keep an exterior door unlocked so if I fall and need help no one will have to break in.
3. I wear a Smartphone on my person at all times when I am not in bed. It's not "nearby" or "in reach," it is on my person. It is in a padded case and the phone is unlikely to suffer damage if I fall.
4. Several of my friends in The Villages, and 911, are pre-programmed in the phone.
5. Here is a biggie ..... I also have my own information, with my address, in the phone; in case I get confused and can't recall my address.
And, of course, the Smartphone is not limited to just the house.
Good luck.
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