[senco-forum] Not SEN- with apologies[Scanned]

My sister has just bought one for my Mum. I'll ask her where she got it from and let you know.
Julie

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From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk on behalf of Ruth Newbury
Sent: Mon 08/10/2007 12:16
To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: [senco-forum] Not SEN- with apologies[Scanned]

Not SEN really at all - but as I regard you all as "the fount of all
knowledge" - I'm hoping that someone somewhere might direct me to what I am
looking for.

My Mum is coming home from a fairly dreadful lot of hospital treatment.  She
now has far less mobility than before.

I need a Buzzer alarm system.  Something that she can just press - and we
will be there.

I could get a phone alarm - but we are never very far away from her - we
live in the same house and she is just down the corridor - however - I tend
to be working upstairs - whilst my husband could be house garden etc - and
more importantly - at night - when once we are asleep  we sleep like logs.

Social services don't do alarms of any kind.  The things you hand round your
neck go to a phone centre - and they won't welcome a dozen calls a day.  I'm
sort of looking for something she can hand round her neck which would sound
like  loud doorbells upstairs and downstairs.  Now I've tried all out local
medicare sort of suppliers - no joy.

I've looked on ebay - but perhaps I haven't found the right words to key in
to search for something like this?

Or do I find an electrician - and get him to set up something?

ANY recommendations will meet with my gratitude - and my Mum's!  In all of
my life I have never seen her cry - not when my brother died - not when my
dad died - and she goes to the dentist AND HAS NEVER HAD AN INJECTION! (I
suspect that in her eyes I am a wimp!)  That hospital has changed my mother
from a sprightly old lady  into a resigned, depressed person - who is called
darling - luvvie etc because too many people don't bother to read her name -
and they talk at her, rather than to her!  They can have as much up on the
walls as they like about dignity - but what they actually do is a different
matter!  I'm afraid that a fortnight of truly dreadful hospital treatment
has changed that - and now I have seen her crying too many times!  I cannot
wait to get her home - but we are going to need that alarm! 

Sorry about that - a good moan has actually made me feel a lot better!

However - I am sure that someone out there will have some idea of what I
should be asking for - what do the SEN residential schools use for this sort
of thing?

Regards

Ruth

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