Pager/alarm thingamybob?

I’m trying to find a small simple pager, something that my wife can just press a button and it fires up at the other end which will be in my pocket.

I’ve looked on eBay and a couple of different disability equipment suppliers websites and found a couple that would do the job but they’re too big.

I’ve considered a wireless doorbell but all of those I’ve seen so far are on the large side for my pockets.

I want something small which will just slip into a pocket somewhere without me really knowing it’s there.

I’ve already got enough stuff rattling around in my pockets: something roughly the size of wristwatch (minus strap) shouldn’t be asking too much, should it?

I’ve not forgotten about mobile phones, but I don’t always carry mine, and if I’m out in my garagio making pots I can’t handle it anyway cos my paws will be smothered in wet clay: the wife’s not too good at pressing all the right buttons to make a phone work anyway, one button would be best.

Mmm, sounds like there should be a simple answer, but maybe not, as you have found.

We have a small dog…but being a poodle she yaps if you sneeze! Im trying to get her to bark in a certain way to my command of tell Daddy! so that he knows I need him when hes outside in the garden or garage.

Sophie is only 2 and still learning. Her predecessor, Lucy, knew exactly how to tell dad I needed him.

Keep searching or buy a dog!!!

pollx

This will depend if you or any friends are particularly tech savvy!

My husband spends a lot of time in his garage and our son has just set up something for us. We got an Amazon Echo thingy which is now programmed for me to say “Echo, trigger “get Andy””. This then interrupts his music playing in the garage with a loud “bong” and he knows I need him.

This may be more complicated than you want but it didn’t take our son long to sort out (he’s a software developer). Other than that we’ve been using walkie talkies but that wouldn’t work for you with messy hands!

Sarah x

That’s a brilliant invention! Has he patented it? Dragon’s Den might be interested!

Pollsx

We had a dog (a Boxer) quite some while ago, and whilst I don’t regret a moment of that I really don’t want the ties of another one, I don’t relish the thought of trying to make one “talk” either.

A quick look at the Amazon Echo is not filling me with inspiration, I can see how it will work in a fixed situation - (although I rarely listen to music/radio), but not if I’m in any of half a dozen other places - I’ll investigate that a bit further though before I dismiss it completely.

My thanks for your suggestions.

Do you carry you mobile in your pocket? I think that things like the Echo can be set to make a call/send a text message. Equally, many phones can be voice activated so your wife could call/text you without having to “juggle” a phone with MS hands. I use it sometimes.

Never, ever, be without a mobile phone!

Mine is always in my shirt pocket. If I fall, I can call for help - and I have had to do this whilst lying in the street, to get my next door neighbour to help get me up.
My wife has a big button phone with three buttons marked A, B, and C. The first gets my number, and the other two get our daughters.
But, this is only good if you always have your phone with you.

Geoff

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I’ve opted for a wireless doorbell set-up. Two receivers (plugged in to the electrickery) and a push button, one receiver will go in the kitchen and I should be able to hear it from the rest of the house when necessary, and the other receiver will go in the garage.

It can play umpteen different tunes/sounds to differentiate it from the actual front-door bell, and I don’t have to carry anything.

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Is it working out ok for you?

pollsx

Yes thanks, it’s working fine: got one receiver in the kitchen and the other in the garage, and being a doorbell (different to the actual doorbell) I can hear it anywhere in the house.

At the moment she has to wear a waterproof sock device on her foot in the shower (corn removed but it had an ulcer underneath it so need to keep it dry), I have to put on/remove the sock so she needs to call me in for that.

She can’t see much need for the alarm other than that so tends to leave the damned button anywhere but where it ought to be, it should just live on her walker, there’s no need for it to ever not be on there.

Why are some of you people so damned difficult to look after?

Ayjay. How about putting that button thing in one of those mesh wash bag things? You know, a net bag for putting delicates in, before putting in the washing machine.

That’s just reminded me of another thing…the small net bags they used to have to put washing powder tablets in!

She could hang it on the walker and would never be without it and would easily be able to work it through the mesh.

The walker that she use indoors is a sort of trolley with trays on, the button could just sit on the tray if she would only leave it there.

I know what you mean. I have one.:slight_smile:

I was meaning the tiny mesh bag is about the size of a purse and could be hung from the walker, never needing to be moved and left somewhere else.

Yes: I see what you’re getting at now.

If she insists on behaving like a 5 year old I’ll have to treat her as one.

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