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Guardian wants us to OK another 50 something hour visit, are you kidding?
Waiting to see if set back, is permanent...
This is how it works. The caregiver carries around a little Blackberry-sized gizmo (hereinafter called "the monitor.") which will pick up alerts up to (it says on the leaflet) 200m away. The care receiver has a trigger, which can be worn either on a pendant or on the wrist, like a watch. When s/he presses the trigger, a little light comes on so that s/he can see the call has been sent; and at the other end all heck breaks loose - an alarm which is beginning to provoke a Pavlovian reaction in me + hefty vibrations, which continue until the call is responded to.
They're actually designed to be used in ALFs and nursing homes, so the monitor is equipped with a memory (you can get a USB wotsit to upload it onto your PC) to track call history; and you can also get pressure pads to put on chairs and beds which will alert you if your parent HABITUALLY gets up without calling you and DRIVES YOU ROUND THE TWIST - not that I let it get to me hem-hem.
The monitor has a rechargeable battery, and has to be charged every 8 hours or so depending on how heavily it's used. The charger is just like a cell-phone's, i.e. always in the wrong place when you need it.
I haven't a clue how much they cost - ours is on loan from Social Services - but I'd remortgage to have one anyway. Unbelievably useful if you have a reluctant care receiver.
I do also use a baby monitor at night so that I can avoid waking my mother up fully if I don't have to - I just listen in when she gets up to use the commode until I hear her get safely back into bed. But the CareAssist means I don't have to have the baby monitor turned up so loud that I can hear every snore, cough and heavy sigh - if she gets up, I'll know all about it.
I've just checked the company's site and apparently they have offices in New York and Mississauga, Ontario for Canadian readers. No they don't employ me! - they just saved me from a nervous breakdown. Hope they'll distribute to private families. If not, apply consumer pressure!
However, if they were ever discovered, it would severely diminish trust between all of us.
But, as you say you're not sure if you're mom is saying something for this or that reason, THAT right there could be the answer you might want to give for having the cams (not that we must ever justify our actions, but it DOES seem that way sometimes.....), to be able to remotely check in on her periodically......
Food for thot?