Gene L. Osofsky of the law firm Osofsky & Osofsky weighs in about some helpful sensors.<\/p>\n
For a lot of our elders, living alone isn\u2019t what it used to be, especially in the sense of devices and technologically-advanced sensors placed in the home for safety reasons.<\/p>\n
When Malcolm McGill, 94, slipped on a wet floor in his Bayonne, New Jersey home without wearing his emergency alert pendant, and could not phone for help, he felt desperation.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, a tiny wireless sensor beneath Mr. McGill\u2019s bed detected that the nonagenarian had gotten up. Motion detectors in his bedroom and bathroom registered that he had not left the area in his typical pattern and relayed that information to a central monitoring system, prompting a call to his telephone to ask if he was okay. When he did not answer, more calls were triggered \u2013 to a neighbor, to the building manager, and finally to 911, which (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gene L. Osofsky of the law firm Osofsky & Osofsky weighs in about some helpful sensors. For a lot of our elders, living alone isn\u2019t what it used to be, especially in the sense of devices and technologically-advanced sensors placed…<\/span><\/p>\n