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Safety-When Living Alone- 2/20/96 Choices, alternatives-choose those you can use: 1.get telephone w/single button to call 911 and neighbors 2.Have a telephone on each floor 3.Organize two or three nearby neighbors or relatives with keys to your home and check them out on your alarm system 4.When start a serious illness, arrange for someone to call you each day 5.Better still, arrange for someone you can call each day 6.Carry with you a list of medicines you take plus those you should not take for serious side effects and a list of names and phone numbers 7.Check local social service agencies such as: office of aging, meals on wheels etc 8.Wear a medalion that if pressed will call 3 numbers and acts as intercom in your home (Comtrad Ind. 800 704-1211=$99.00 or Radio Shack use local 49-2575=$149.99 or 61-2659=$99.00) 9.A portable phone-great around home and yard 10.Have a list of telephone numbers attached to each telephone 11. Keep list of phone numbers and medicines in or on refrigerator 12.Alert postpersons-to special signal or mail build up and agree on what they should do 13.A cellular phone-when driving or walking away from home 14.Learn alarm system panic alarl proceedure-they will call neighbors and or police 15.Have intercom at front door so do not rush and fall when answering front door 16.Add your ideas-??? Please send any other ideas to [log in to unmask] Remember-God helps those who help themselves! Warmest [log in to unmask]