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^ Orono Weekly Times. Wednesday. September, 2000 - 3 Help, should she need it, is never more than a push button away, for Jeanne Staples, through the Helpline response system, using the button on her wrist band, and the special phone system. The Lifeline, personal response system has given a whole lot of peace of mind to Don and Jeanne Staples of Orono. Jeanne who has lived with Parkinsons Disease for many years, has used the system only three or four times in the last five years, mostly for falls, but it has meant the world to her knowing help is just a push button away. Jeanne wears a button on her-wrist which she can push whenever she is home alone, and in an emergency situation, situation, like the time her wheel, chair went off the ramp, and she landed on the floor with the chair on top of her. The button 1 activates a signal through the Lifeline phone, and someone in the emergency emergency response centre comes on line through a 'Speaker in the phone and can speak with Jeanne and find out what the situation is. The response centre then goes through a list of names provided by the client, to try and get someone Jo the house immediately. In the Staples case they can call their son who lives next • door, a daughter up the road, and a neighbour, Don Blewett who lives just to the south. If they are unable to contact anyone on the list of neighbours neighbours and friends, the response centre will call 911, which will bring out the emergency emergency response team. Another feature of the Lifeline phone is the 'inactivity 'inactivity line'. If the client does not reset the Line every 24 hours, the Response Centre will investigate to see if there is a problem. Jeanne said once they came home from a weekend weekend away, "we were greeted with a worried response team when we got home." They had forgotten to deactivate the inactivity button for the weekend. weekend. This summer Lifeline initiated initiated a new feature, and Staples were part of the pilot project to launch the 'reminder service'. A client can record up to six messages on the Lifeline phone which then can be played back at preset times to remind them of appointments, medication needs, etc. Jeanne's messages were centred centred around medication times, and they were going to get the grandkids to record messages telling grandma it's time for her medicine. "Lifeline is part of the health system's network of services to help people stay in their own homes longer," says Program Manager, Marion Eidsness. , Lifeline has been available in the Bowmanville area for the past 13 years. The program program was initially sponsored by the Lion's Club of Bowmanville. That's how the Staples first learned of the system, and how they got hooked up. When the local hospitals amalgamated two years ago to form Lakeridge Health Corporation, they took over the services which now serves 350 clients Region wide. For Doii and Jeanne Staples, being hooked up to the services has given them a lot of peace of mind. It's meant Jeanne doesn't always need someone in the house with her, and it's meant they both can continue to live in their own home. Lifeline is there when others others aren't 24 hours a day, 365 days a week. Subscribers pay an installation installation fee of $25, and $45 monthly for rental of the phone and 24-hour monitoring. monitoring. "The system can be used for a short period of time, like when patients are discharged from hospital" said Eidsness. "Often a family member will ask for the service, worried about mom or dad." Early intervention after something like a fall, can often reduce the recovery time, says Eidsness. 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