Caregiver Resources

Guides to help family caregivers evaluate emergency-response tools, maintain a safety routine, and understand where medical alert devices fit within a broader care plan.

Medical Alerts for Dementia

Consider wearability, charging, location limitations, communication, and caregiver responsibilities.

Alzheimer's Safety Planning

Understand how a wearable alert may fit into a layered Alzheimer's care plan.

Emergency Planning

Keep contacts, important information, communication tools, and response roles current.

How Medical Alerts Work

Learn the alert, monitoring, two-way voice, and help-dispatch workflow.

How to use these resources

Match the device to current abilities

Consider whether the person can remember to wear and charge the device, press the button, hear the speaker, and communicate during a stressful event.

Assign device responsibilities

Decide who checks charging, tests the device, maintains emergency contacts, reviews billing, and follows up after alerts.

Use layered safety planning

A medical alert does not replace clinical care, supervision, home-safety changes, accessible communication, or an individualized emergency plan.

Review the plan regularly

Needs can change with mobility, cognition, hearing, living arrangements, medications, and caregiver availability.