Listen to Laura Mitchell on the Peggy Smedley Show

Thursday, May 3^rd, 2012

PERS - More Than a Button & a Box?!

It is about taking control; it is about managing one's lifestyle to maximize independence; it is about family connectivity continuously and not the PERS of the 80s that concentrated on those most at-risk and ignored the rest. It's about broadly engaging the majority population while serving the chronic care consumer .

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• Assess "normal" activity for your loved one
• Set up customized rules to receive email, text or telephone alerts
• Print out blood pressure & weight information to bring along to doctor visits
• Save money by allowing a loved one the freedom to stay at home
• View daily activity & wellness information about your loved one over the web
• Monitor door openings, blood pressure, weight, meds, eating, wake ups, etc.
• Send pictures, messages, reminders, emails & more to your loved one's TV or TouchPad
• Coordinate schedules on-line with family & caregivers
• Keep your loved one "in the loop" with daily news & weather reports to the TV or TouchPad
• Exchange/record care-notes between family & caregivers
• Know your loved one is happy, healthy & independent at home
• Have "Virtual" Web Chat visits with your loved one (interactive version only)
• Give your loved one endless entertainment with games like checkers, solitaire, tic-tac-toe, etc (interactive version only)
• Send favorite Music and Videos to your loved one (interactive version only)
• Give your loved one the POWER of the Internet without having to know ANYTHING about computers

* The GrandCare System requires an Internet Connection in the residence.