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Convincing Edie it was time for a medical alarm.

<p>Kenny and I took Edie out to brunch every Saturday and Sunday. We came back from one of our weekend brunches and decided it was time to talk about a medical alarm system.</p><p>I started the conversation (for some reason the daughter-in-law is always the bad guy),&nbsp;and said, &quot;Edie do you remember the little button Sam wore around his neck in case he had a fall or an emergency? She looked at me with such&nbsp;a face, and then she said &quot;I don't need that yet!&quot; Oh, here we go again. Kenny and I had heard all this before with both my mother and his father. There's just something about introducing a medical alarm system for the first time. I guess our parents feel it makes them seem old, and not able to take care of themselves.</p><p>It seems hard to convince a loved one that a medical alarm will&nbsp;help them stay living independently longer, and that it gives us <a title="What Get Help Now medical alarm customers say about the peace of mind they feel knowing their family can get help in any emergency." href="http://www.seniorsafety.com/medical_alert_testimonials.html">peace of mind</a>.</p><p>I told Edie it was just another way to reach Kenny or me if she couldn't get to a phone for help. She already knew, but&nbsp;she had done this for her husband Sam who was really sick. This was different,&nbsp;now it was about her.</p><p>She said we could talk about it again later, but to&nbsp;let it go for now. Why are parents so stubborn? Don't they know we are doing this for their own good, and for ourselves.&nbsp;</p><p>We'll just have to wait for the opportunity to bring up this conversation again with Edie another time.</p><p>What next?</p> 10 application/xml false emergency fall little button living independently medical alarm medical alarm system peace of mind Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 66.251.33.19 66.251.33.19 jmiller false true false false true 205857 false false true false false false true 95419 blog blogsite/SeniorSafety/web