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Author: mike // Category: xn--g7qx97f.comtutuzdad-ga
Thank you for allowing me to answer your interesting question. I?m going to let you in on a little secret. You?re apparently unaware of this (as most people are) but there?s no need to buy a cell phone plan for your 84 year old mother to make sure she?s safe on the highway. Seniors (and their caregivers and loved ones) are often duped into buying a cell phone ?for emergencies? by some convincing salesperson. However, like many things nowadays, those offers are mostly scams - and I detest those kinds of parasites so I cherish every opportunity to I get to mess up their con game. What is the secret that they don?t want me to tell you? Read on:
Being in law enforcement and having also been a supervisor of a police/fire/paramedic E911 Communications Center for several years during some of that time, I happen to know that they actually make cell phones just for this purpose, with someone just like your mother in mind, and that require absolutely no monthly fees. You simply buy the reasonably priced unit and that?s it . . . no fees, no minutes, no charges - ever! The secret that the salesperson doesn?t want you to know is that most cells phone will allow you to make a 911 call even WITHOUT a carrier subscription. That?s right! Chances are that old phone you?ve got lying around that you?ve disconnected and don?t use anymore, when charged up, will actually make a 911 call. Try it and see.
If that model doesn't do that, this phone, for example, will. It is free to use if you are calling 911. It also had a large, east-to-find red panic button that acts similar to a lifeline unit and calls 911 for you at the touch of a single button. In addition, the phone comes equipped with a 95-decibel panic alarm to draw attention to the caller so passersby can also know there is an emergency and render aid if necessary until professional rescue arrives.
Mobile 911 Emergency Cell Phone - No Monthly Fees!
http://www.safetyandsecuritycenter.com/mo911emceph.html
Here are some others:
911 Freedom Fone
http://www.emergencycellphones.com/
http://www.emergencycellphones.com/n918.html
http://www.emergencycellphones.com/911_for_seniors.html
(This one is said to be popular among AARP members)
SHOP.COM
911+ Emergency Cell Phone
http://www.shop.com/op/~911+_Emergency_Cell_Phone-prod-27007913
If you get lucky you can sometimes even get a cell phone for free from charitable organizations:
USED CELL PHONES.COM
FREE 911 CELL PHONES
http://www.free911cellphones.com/contactus/phonerequest.cfm
I might also recommend that you call your local police, fire or ambulance department and ask if they provide emergency cell phones free to elderly residents. Some departments do this as a public service. They accept donated phones and pass them out to the elderly or people who have medical problems for this purpose. You should also call your local AARP or your county?s Area Agency on Aging. They too may have such a program.
84 years old, huh? You go girl. Good luck on that bowling.
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There is another option that does not require a service contract. They now make cell phones with pre-paid minutes in them. They are marketing these to the parents of teenagers because it is a way to guarantee cost control over their children's cell phone minutes (you can't go over pre-paid minutes, as the phone will simply cut out). You may be able to buy a reasonably priced phone and then only purchase enough minutes to use in an emergency or to make the occasional call home.
I believe that every major carrier now has a pre-paid option, which you can get almost anywhere (I saw one at the gas station the other day, believe it or not).
With that said, there's probably a catch that I don't know about (I come from the super-fortunate group of employer-paid cell phone). It sounds ideal, but as always, buyer beware:)
Good Luck!
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