A registered health professional must certify that you meet all the clinical and functional criteria.
Clinical criteria
You must:
- be a high fall risk
- suffer from an ongoing major medical condition that requires an emergency response.
Functional criteria
You must:
- have sufficient physical and cognitive function to wear and operate the personal alert system
- be willing to wear the alert system and activate it if necessary.
Social criteria
At least one of the following must apply:
- you live alone
- you are alone for a minimum of 5 consecutive hours, 4 times a week
- you live exclusively with someone who is unable to communicate using a phone in an emergency.
