No. Betsy is a phone call of about ten minutes, every day, at the hour Mom picks, for $2 a day, billed $60 a month. There is nothing to wear, charge or learn. If Mom mentions a fall, an illness or someone after her money, the family hears the same day, in her own words.
Nothing to buy, wear, charge or learn.
What does Betsy do?
She asks about Mom’s life and remembers the answers. The same voice calls from the same local number at the same hour, and each call starts where the last one ended, so Betsy knows which knee, and who Harold was. All Mom has to do is answer the phone, which she has done her whole life. What Betsy is has a whole call, start to finish.
What happens when Mom mentions a fall?
The family hears the same day. Think of the stumble she would never ring you about: the back steps, mentioned on Tuesday in the middle of a story about the tomatoes. Betsy passes it on, she tells Mom she’s doing it, and what reaches you is Mom’s own words. What Betsy does if Mom mentions a fall has more, and what Betsy tells the family has the rest of the list.
What should Mom do in an emergency?
Call 911. Betsy is not a nurse or an emergency service, and she doesn’t give medical advice. When Mom mentions a fall or an illness on a call, the family hears the same day. She is on the phone for about ten minutes, and the other twenty-three hours and fifty minutes are Mom’s own, with nothing to wear and nobody watching. If you are weighing Betsy against other services, the compare page sets them side by side.
Questions people ask
How is this different from a medical alert button?
Betsy is a daily conversation that remembers. She calls at the hour Mom picks, talks for about ten minutes, and tells the family the same day if Mom mentions a fall or an illness. She isn’t an emergency service, and in an emergency Mom should call 911.
Mom won't wear a medical alert pendant. What else can I do?
Betsy has nothing to wear: she calls the phone Mom already answers, and gives her somebody to tell about a fall. The family hears the same day. Betsy isn’t an emergency service, and in an emergency Mom should call 911.
Is it a friendly chat or a safety check?
A friendly chat, with one duty on the side. If Mom mentions a fall, an illness or someone after her money, Betsy passes it on, and the family hears the same day.
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