Subject: Re: I’ve fallen and I can’t get up
What about keep a cell phone on him? Youngest had a crash ap on his phone so that when he was mountain biking a crash he didn't pull himself up from in like 30 seconds would text me his GPS coordinates. Perhaps something like that would work?

Thanks for the suggestion, and he and I have discussed it, but he notes that he doesn’t have the phone with him when he showers, a long and laborious process given his infirmities, and often when he shuffles around the house to make a sandwich or go to the door to see if a package has arrived. It’s not recalcitrance, just simple absent-mindedness: he’s in a “hurry” (if such a word can be used for someone who moves at his speed) to get to the goal.

I have purchased two Alexas of varying description to add to the one he already has; three will cover all areas of the apartment, and I’m going up there in a week or two and will install them and subscribe to the Amazon “help me” service (I forget the name) but it’s significantly less expensive than the “button around your neck” services which are anywhere from $70 to $100 per month, compared to Amazon at $6.99.

The phone app is a good backup, and will surely work when he it out - but then on the few occasions that he is out there is someone there anyway, but having both options couldn’t be a bad thing.

Anyway, thanks all. We’ll finish this project up soon. The delay is mostly mine: I’m 200 miles away and have had holiday, birthdays, wifely travel (requiring me to be home to tend to the animals) and the flu. But I’ll be finishing it up in a week or two.