Wearing a lightweight and discreet personal alarm means that should your elderly relative feel unwell, or have an accident, they don’t have to rely on strangers to get them the help they need. They can press the SOS button and hear the reassuring voice of a family member or a trained SureSafe operator. Alarm range will vary according to environment. Age Co Classic Personal Alarm pendant works up to 75 metres (246ft) from the alarm base unit. Digital Personal Alarm and Digital Fall Alarm pendants work up to 300 metres (948ft) from the alarm base. Figures quoted are from original equipment manufacturer's specification. They will then send alerts to family, carers or a monitoring service. Some systems can also adjust or turn off appliances if they detect a problem. Just like the other alarms we've discussed, the Fall Detector can be worn on the wrist like a watch. However, unlike the Minuet and the MyAmie, it can detect when the user has a fall. It's programmed to the wearer's height and contains a sensor that will automatically raise the alarm when it detects a sudden drop. You can also find them without them having pressed the button by using the Find Me feature on the SureSafeGO if you have the family monitored option.

You can buy a key safe online or on the high street. The more expensive key safes work the same way as cheaper ones but they're stronger and heavier. Some key safes are police-approved. Choosing a personal alarm, monitoring system or key safe If your goal is a completely silent wake-up, the Philips SmartSleep Connected light might work for you. Before your alarm is scheduled to go off, it dimly lights up then gradually brightens as your wake-up time approaches. There are sound options, too, if you need them, including FM radio. Knowing that someone is always available can help you feel safe in your own home. And should an emergency ever arise, you can be sure that no alarm call will ever go unanswered. Please note: the Minuet Watch functions exactly the same as our standard MyAmie pendant. It is not a fall detector alarm. MyAmie Pendant The SureSafeGO works away from home using GPS and is the best way of staying safe when you are out and about. You can choose the family monitored alarm and when it is triggered it will call and notify up to three family or friends. There are no monthly fees with this option, but you do need to buy our pay-as-you-go credit.Performance: I used each alarm for at least three nights. I evaluated how easy it was to set alarms, whether the alarm consistently woke me up, and how difficult it was to shut off and snooze the alarms. For at least one night, I put the alarm on my partner's side of the bed or had him use it so I could see if I was disturbed when he woke up. smart systems that send updates directly to family or carers – you may also hear this called mobile health

It will detect when you have had a hard fall and automatically call Taking Care's Emergency Resolution team. Almost everything about the SmartSleep Connected is customizable. You can set over a dozen alarms with different light hues; several sound options, from waves to birds to Nepal bowls; and varying snooze lengths. You can choose how long before your alarm goes off you want the wake-up cycle to begin, between 5 and 40 minutes.

Fall Detector Alarm

Our alarms are linked to one of two UK based monitoring centres. Having two separate centres means that we can always be online in the unlikely event that one of the centres ever experience a technical issue. Fall alarms for older people offer several benefits. Most importantly, having an alarm system in your home means you can always call for help with just the touch of a button. You won't need to worry about what might happen in the event of a fall or other emergency. Below you can find SureSafe’s guide to 6 of the best personal alarms for the elderly on the market. If you choose to have a falls alarm for elderly people, the SOS button doesn’t even have to be pressed. The technology inside the pendant can recognise a fall and the alarm is triggered automatically.

For complete peace of mind, we recommend our 24/7 monitoring on the SureSafeGO. This links straight to our response centre operators where your emergency call will be answered any time of the day or night. Cons: Requires regular charging, can't adjust the size, many phones need a third-party app to not disturb your partnerIt's not exactly a pleasant way to wake up, and the vibration isn't silent either. But for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, a physical alarm that isn't sound-based could be useful if a light-based alarm isn't reliable enough. Review our range of options below to compare features from some of the best personal alarms in the UK and select the one that's most suited to you or your loved ones. SureSafe has a broad range of personal alarms to suit different needs, health conditions and lifestyles. Whether you are an older adult that would like reassurance you can get help from the home or garden, or an older adult with an active lifestyle that wants an alarm for when you are ‘out and about’ – we can help. We offer some of the best personal alarms in the UK where you can select features that are designed to offer the maximum level of safety for you, as well as peace of mind for you and your family.