Sep 8, 2017
Ian and Irene discuss:
- Launching a business at the end of your career
- The rise of the silver economy which contributes $11.9 billion to Australian GDP
- The traits of a Seniorpreneuer
- Where to target on Social Media
- Buying Personas
- Laptop Lifestyle (etirement)
Our Company
CareCallingNow is a family owned company with the Vision of
keeping people in their own homes longer, where they are most
comfortable. We help busy people with vulnerable family members who
want to continue to live independently to know for certain that
they are OK. With a special emphasis on pro-active automated call
programs, because checking in on you family should be easy and not
a burden.
CareCallingNow was created after a member of our own family had
mini stroke and was on the floor alone for 2 days with her medical
alert bracelet in the other room.
Our Story – Ian & Irene
Ian’s mum Maisie lived in her own home, long after her husband Bill had passed, until she was about 86 years old.
His mum had a history of falls and we thought we would get her
one of those medical alert necklaces, so that if she fell, when no
one was around she would not be at risk of lying on the floor for
days.
We were young, busy with our own lives and young family and lived
1000 miles away. We had the best of intentions but realistically we
were never going to make the effort to call her every day, even
though we knew we should.
This, however, was not the only issue we had… we didn’t realize at
the time, that she didn’t always wear it that it was on her bedside
table, or in kitchen instead of around her neck!!!
One day she had a mini stroke in the bathroom, and did fall and
even though she was not wearing the necklace, she would not have
been able to push the button as she was “paralysed.”
She was there for about 40 hours before she was found.
How bad did we feel???
How good would it have been if CareCallingNow had been around
then!!!
It was after that we realised she could no longer stay in her own
home safely anymore. It broke our hearts when the day came that she
left her home of close to 30 years.
Ian said he felt like we were sending her to jail… you couldn’t
even say “without the bars” as her windows did actually have bars
on them.
The only difference was she was free to come and go and people
“cared” about her.
What choice did we have???
She couldn’t really live with us!!!
We didn’t know “how to take care of her” even if she had wanted to
come.
Every so often you hear of those horror stories of people being
found dead, in their home, years after they died because no one
noticed.
Of course, these are extremes and I am in no way suggesting that
your relationship with your Mom is such that something like this
would happen.
However in talking to other people whose elderly loved one has died
at home alone, after a fall or accident, 4 DAYS is not uncommon for
them to wait…these falls do not all end in death but
hospitalisation for severe dehydration is the very least that you
can expect.
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