Key safes can allow family, carers and emergency services to access your home if you cannot get to the door. Personal alarms smart systems that send updates directly to family or carers – you may also hear this called mobile health

Read the Which? guide to personal alarms, including what to think about before buying an alarm. Monitoring systems You can increase the brightness level (or fully go without the light if you prefer). It gets pretty intense, which you might need if you're a deep sleeper. I found that I wasn't disturbed by the light when it was on my partner's nightstand if I was facing the other direction. But if your partner is a light sleeper, they may wake up from the brightness. SureSafe has a broad range of personal alarms to suit different needs, health conditions and lifestyles. Whether you are an older adult that would like reassurance you can get help from the home or garden, or an older adult with an active lifestyle that wants an alarm for when you are ‘out and about’ – we can help. We offer some of the best personal alarms in the UK where you can select features that are designed to offer the maximum level of safety for you, as well as peace of mind for you and your family.If you choose to have a falls alarm for elderly people, the SOS button doesn’t even have to be pressed. The technology inside the pendant can recognise a fall and the alarm is triggered automatically. Pros: Very customizable, has options for helping you fall asleep, gentle wake-up, optional sound, many alarms

Please note: the Minuet Watch functions exactly the same as our standard MyAmie pendant. It is not a fall detector alarm. MyAmie Pendant I liked that this alarm was pretty customizable for the price. You can wake up with just the vibration or a buzzing sound or combine them. The tone of the buzzer can be changed, and you can opt to turn the flashing lights on or off.You can also find them without them having pressed the button by using the Find Me feature on the SureSafeGO if you have the family monitored option. Our alarms are linked to one of two UK based monitoring centres. Having two separate centres means that we can always be online in the unlikely event that one of the centres ever experience a technical issue. Our lightweight personal alarms are designed to keep you safe when you are out and about meaning you can keep doing what makes you happy, whether that be exercising, shopping, meeting friends or enjoying a hobby. Falls are the largest cause of emergency hospital admissions for older people, and 1-in-3 people over 65 will have a fall this year†.

Almost everything about the SmartSleep Connected is customizable. You can set over a dozen alarms with different light hues; several sound options, from waves to birds to Nepal bowls; and varying snooze lengths. You can choose how long before your alarm goes off you want the wake-up cycle to begin, between 5 and 40 minutes. There's an optional "smart wake" feature on the alarm that will detect when you're in a lighter stage of your sleep cycle and will wake you up then, up to 30 minutes before your alarm is scheduled to go off. This is supposed to make you feel less groggy than if you woke from a deeper sleep. In fact, if you have fall detector the wearer doesn’t even have to press the button. The alarm will sense a fall and send out an alert automatically. I listen to audiobooks to fall asleep, and it was nice knowing that my alarm would play through the headphones in the morning. After the alarm went off, I would invariably leave the headphones on and paired to my phone by accident. Yet they lasted well over a week without me needing to charge them.Cons: Light alone may not work for everyone, on-device controls aren't intuitive, may disturb your partner Review our range of options below to compare features from some of the best personal alarms in the UK and select the one that's most suited to you or your loved ones. If your goal is a completely silent wake-up, the Philips SmartSleep Connected light might work for you. Before your alarm is scheduled to go off, it dimly lights up then gradually brightens as your wake-up time approaches. There are sound options, too, if you need them, including FM radio.

The SureSafeGO works away from home using GPS and is the best way of staying safe when you are out and about. You can choose the family monitored alarm and when it is triggered it will call and notify up to three family or friends. There are no monthly fees with this option, but you do need to buy our pay-as-you-go credit. A key safe is fixed to an outdoor wall. You use a code – that you can choose – to open it. Buying a key safe Setup: For each alarm, I tried to set it up without reading the instructions to see how intuitive they were. I then set them up again after reading the manual to make sure the directions were easy to follow. It's not exactly a pleasant way to wake up, and the vibration isn't silent either. But for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, a physical alarm that isn't sound-based could be useful if a light-based alarm isn't reliable enough. In addition to the Minuet Watch and the MyAmie Pendant, we also offer an automatic Fall Detector alarm. This device provides an extra layer of reassurance for the user and their family.

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If you have 24/7 monitoring then the SureSafe operator will be given your location when the alarm is activated. We can then tell your nominated contracts your location. This means that you get the help you need, wherever you are. For complete peace of mind, we recommend our 24/7 monitoring on the SureSafeGO. This links straight to our response centre operators where your emergency call will be answered any time of the day or night.