EASY-TO-PUSH Alert System Needed
 

my mom is in the 'beginning of the advanced stage' of Parkinson's. her voice and finger strength continue to decline. she has help at home 24/7 but at night she is in her room and they are in next room. we have a great room monitor (no interference) but her voice is sometimes too soft to hear. i got her a neck pendant that goes to a little chime box (NOT a central monitoring system) and when she has the strength to push it, it works great. they hear the chime and run. However it is NOT easy to push and requires two fingers and mom working at it hard - - - sometimes to no avail (i suppose a function of trying to keep a lot of false alarms going off.)

does anyone PERSONALLY KNOW of a pendant system (whether connected to a chime box OR a 'pay-by-the-month' monitoring system that is TRULY easy to push?? or have some other ideas that will help once mom has little voice and/or only minimal finger strength? thanks for your help!

some ideas-

what about a baby cam type of thing?
so they can check /watch her on the TV?
http://www.x10.com/key_products/baby-cam.htm
or
http://www.agis.com/Eldercare-Basics...-Call-Systems/

or even a motion sensor of some sort so she just waves her hands and it will turn a light on or make a buzzer sound??

a whistle?

or old fashioned ringer type or pull string bell?

Hi!:D

I can appreciate your predicament.
Jo*Mar has mentioned some great ideas!:D

Just a couple of ideas as I read:

How about an old fashioned (loud) hand bell at her bedside?
(Teachers used to use them in class.)

How about one of the many designs for wireless doorbells available at many home improvement stores? If the button is easy to push, it could be mounted in various ways, either secured near her or creatively secured to her person/her clothing?

(There are so many types of these, with so many types of buttons. Most buttons are mounted on display for trial at the store. They are totally wireless and most of the doorbells are quite loud! :eek:)
Hmmmm... I will have to keep thinking!:Scratch-Head:

Good luck with this!:D