Wick Lane Community: old people have a personal "cell phone nurse"

On the surface, this is a regular old cell phone, especially a large number of keys, function is relatively simple. It can be used as the flashlight; you can also listen to the radio with it. However, the two eye-catching red key and green buttons below the cell phone, give the cell phone unusual application which can help the old people.

The cell phone is called "cell phone with helping the old people"-wholesale cell phones, its background connects community service center. Long press the green key, is inform the relevant community site personnel to do visiting service; long press red key, usually is in more urgent situation, such as a heart attack at home of one elderly people and need medical assistance.

In the Tianshui Street Community Centre Services for the Aged which located in Hangzhou, Wick Lane, the reporter tried to press an old man's cell phone help through the red button, the center's computer appeared the old man’s details once: name, address, cell phone numbers, family contact......
"In this situation, we usually contact the old people first, to see if it is an accidental dialing. If the situation is urgent, we will notify 120 in the first time, and contact the family members, community workers also to to the old people’s home to troubleshoot. Now empty nesters old people are more, there is such a pass to help them; the children can rest assured, the community will well manage also. "Center staff said.

when the elderly need Emergency assistance, they can press green button, the community received the call in about 10 seconds, and immediately return calls for help to determine the content, services, including housekeeping services, home appliance repair, goods distribution, booking, ticket delivery, ordering room service ... ...

HelpAge communication equipment have several different styles, in addition to contact the elderly, but also can check workers’ work services who help ole people. The case of elderly people was lost, it can help families search for the elderly in time through the mobile positioning function.

As the public welfare services is for the elderly, it rates special offers, monthly subscription fee is divided into 11 yuan, 16 yuan, 25 yuan third gear. If you save 100 yuan cell phone charge, you can get a old cell phone, the same cell phone in the market need 240-250 yuan. the 100 prognosis will also return to you in 10 months.

Currently, only Tianshui street pilot in Hangzhou start using HelpAge business, more than 100 elderly people are using this business, the community received an average of five or six calls a day. Mobile communications business to help the old mobile is currently only operating in the Office of Yan'an Road, e this business will be extended to the whole Hang Zhou in the future.

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