PERS may refer to: Personal Emergency Response System The Oregon Public Employees Retirement System or another similarly named program. See Public employee pension plans in the United...
The wireless push-button-activated automatic alarm system became known as “Personal Emergency Response Service (PERS)” and Lifeline Systems Inc. grew to provide PERS across the United...
Other terms for a medical alarm are Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) or medical alert. It is especially important to recognize the need to respond to situations where the person is...
A Personal Emergency Response Service (PERS) enables older adults to get the help they need in an emergency situation, such as a sudden worsening of a chronic condition, or a fall or other...
Life Alert Emergency Response Company type Personal Emergency Response Services Founded 1987 ; 37 years ago Founders Isaac Shepher, Zohar Loshitzer, and Arik Amir Headquarters Encino...
Inexpensive monitoring of elderly patients via a personal emergency response system (PERS) to identify those at high risk for emergency hospital transport could be used to target...
Emergency response telephone number for DOT compliance for hazardous materials shipping papers, as required by 49 CFR 172.604 for shippers and private carriers.
This article describes how older persons perceive and use personal emergency response systems (PERSs), including issues related to device design, and report reasons for nonuse of PERSs. Data for th...
11 Requirement 6: Managing operations in an emergency response. 11 Requirement 7: Identifying and notifying a nuclear or radiological emergency and activating an emergency response. 13...
Abstract ; Background: Most western countries are experiencing greater pressure on community care services due to increased life expectancy and changes in policy toward prioritizing independent living. This has led to a demand for change and innovation in caring practices with an expected increased use of technology. Despite numerous attempts, it has proven surprisingly difficult to implement and adopt technological innovations. The main established technological innovation in home care services for older people is the personal emergency respon ...