Additional criteria

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.

Page last updated 13 September 2024

Provided by:
Department of Human Services
URL:
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Last Updated:
13/09/24
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