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I'm a Paramedic here in Northern California and we recently went on a welfare check to an apartment - us, fire dept, and law enforcement - for a family that cou
by jrnichols 5y ago
I'm a Paramedic here in Northern California and we recently went on a welfare check to an apartment - us, fire dept, and law enforcement - for a family that could not get ahold of their grandmother.
Grandma was fine, fortunately, and she simply turned her phone off because it was ringing constantly with scam phone calls. She was sick of the auto warranty spam all the time, so she unplugged entirely.
The elderly are the ones that still have landlines and cell phones too, so they often get hit multiple times. It's harder for them to disconnect the landline due to things like Life Alert requiring a landline.
- maxerickson 5y agoMedical alert devices that use cellular connections are widely available. There going to be areas where coverage is poor, but for many people, working out of the home is going to be a considerable improvement.
- jrnichols 5y agoThey are widely available but not as common. We will run on 2-3 lifeline calls a day sometimes and while resetting them, we rarely see a wireless one.
- perl4ever 5y agoI got a call recently about my student loans. It was...erm...remarkable in its high production values. Even compared to the auto warranty ones, which I don't get often, but every now and then. I also got a "hello...hello...hello" call, and seven hangup/no message calls the same afternoon. I assume the call I answered was a scammer, but a few months ago, I got one just like that and it turned out it was from my physician's office, and I had some trouble getting ahold of them.