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One of the difficulties with PERS Systems is the use throughout the industry of varying pricing structures. Often a system is sold to the end user with an additional monthly monitoring service agreement required. Sometimes the system is rented, with no up-front cost and monitoring included. Other times, the initial purchase price is the only cost involved.

There are several things to keep in mind when comparing the cost of various PERS systems

• Will you own your PERS system?
• Can the system be monitored by a central station?
• Who will provide the monitoring service?

There are advantages and disadvantages to owning your own PERS system. If you own the system, then you can take it with you should you move to a new home. A pure rental, on the other hand, might be upgraded or replaced if the unit should become defective or obsolete.

If you’re just paying a one-time purchase price with no monthly service agreement, you may not be able to have a monitoring company to provide assistance in the event of an emergency. Often these systems merely “dial 911″ and leave the emergency response up to the local 911 authorities.

Sometimes a system comes with a pre-arranged agreement with a monitoring company. While this may be convenient, it limits your ability to choose a higher-quality or lower-cost monitoring company.

Having these things in mind, it can be a minor hassle to compare the costs of various systems. To help you with that problem, we have made a simple calculator that should help you compare the cost of various systems and service providers. Just click on the link to our PERS Cost Calculator to compare the costs of various systems. You can see and compare how much various arrangements might cost you by the day, the month, or the year.

We hope the PERS Cost Calculator gives you some assistance in making a wise purchasing choice. If you have any questions or comments about the PERS Cost Calculator, you can leave a comment below or send a question to us using our contact link in the sidebar.

Several personal emergency response system manufacturers have upgraded their product offerings this year. Phillips Lifeline is trying to keep up with a recent announcement that they are adding passive fall detection to their PERS product.

…continue reading Phillips Lifeline Adds Passive Fall Detection

We are justly proud of our personal emergency response system, and we like to draw attention to it whenever possible. But we also like to keep our readers and customers aware of what’s happening in the emergency response industry.

The Guardian Alert 911 system is a simple alternative to systems that are monitored by a central station.

…continue reading Guardian Alert 911 – Personal Emergency Response System

A new product is becoming available. The product is called “MediPendant,” and offers the user the ability to engage in two-way voice communication with the central station directly through the pendant itself.

…continue reading MediPendant(TM) Offers Two-Way Voice Through Pendant

MedFirst Alert LLC has announced its expansion into South Carolina.

Here’s an excerpt from a recent press release.

HealthPRSpider – Geriatrics: MedFirst Alert, LLC Announces its Expansion into South Carolina

MedFirst Alert LLC, a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) provider, is proud to announce its expansion into South Carolina. MedFirst Alert provides medical alert systems to senior citizens living alone, caregivers to senior citizens, children of senior citizens, people with disabilities, diabetics and osteoporosis sufferers. CDC studies have shown 30% of persons aged 65 years and older each year fell. These injuries resulted in death, disability, nursing-home admission, and direct medical costs.

The explosion of communication technology in recent years has made life for all of us a lot safer in many respects. A wonderful advance in caring for seniors and people with disabilities is the personal emergency response system (PERS). What some have been waiting for is a PERS system that also has GPS capability.

We recently came across the GeoSkeeper (TM), offered by Aerotel Medical Systems.

Aerotel GeoSkeeper – Personal Communicator with Distress Alarm and GPS | Daily Gadget News

Aerotel Medical System has just launch their new SKeeper family, called GeoSkeeper – a “peace of mind” product built for elderly, chronically ill, children or lone workers, as well as their relatives and caregivers. This GeoSkeeper offers an improved level of personal safety beyond existing PERS (Personal Emergency Response System) and traditional social alarm systems.

While the GPS feature is a tremendous advantage, the literature available doesn’t make it clear how the PERS feature (or the GPS feature, for that matter) operates. The device appears to be wearable, with a panic button, and two-way voice communication ability. It appears to be a good product, but more detailed information would be good.

At BASK Enterprises, we are proud of our state-of-the-art central station (our monitoring service) that makes our PERS system the best available. And you can be sure we will be looking for the possibility of adding GPS tracking in the future.