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Gundersen St. Elizabeth's Hospital and Clinics

Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)

Gundersen St. Elizabeth's Hospital

1200 Grant Blvd W, Wabasha, MN, 55981

Distance: 977 Miles

(651) 565-4531

Website

https://www.gundersenhealth.org/locations/gundersen-st-elizabeths-hospital

Service Details

Description

Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) are electronic devices for older adults and people with disabilities to easily call for help in an emergency.


The person may also wear a portable "help" button to allow for mobility. The system is connected to the user's phone and programmed to alert a response center once the "help" button is activated. The response center is staffed by trained professionals.


Additional Information

Emergency response system that links individuals to 24-hour assistance with a push of a button.


Subscribers can activate an in-home communicator that places them in immediate contact with Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center.


About This Location

If you are on a waiver, Alternative Care or Essential Community Supports (ECS) program, covered costs include: purchase of equipment, installation and monthly service charge.

If you have disability waiver funding, the service plan (based on an assessment of your needs) determines which services are funded through your waiver.

24-hour emergency response equipment like the Personal Emergency Response equipment can be paid for through the Elderly Waiver and Alternative Care Program with the service called Specialized Supplies and Equipment. Personal Emergency Response equipment and related services for people on the ECS program are covered as a standalone service.

Learn more about this service when paid for under the waivers, the Alternative Care Program, and Essential Community Supports in the Community-Based Services Manual.

If you have waiver funding, the support plan (based on an assessment of your needs) determines which services are funded through your waiver.

Features

  • Credentials/Qualifications of Enrolled Waiver Providers
    • Home Health Agency 
  • Payment
    • Alternative Care Waiver (AC) 
    • Brain Injury Waiver (BI) 
    • Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI) 
    • Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver 
    • Developmental Disabilities Waiver (DD) 
    • Elderly Waiver (EW) 
    • Essential Community Supports (ECS) 
  • Waiver Service Specialties
    • Emergency Response System - Installation 
    • Emergency Response System - Monthly Service Fee 

Fees

Also accepts private pay


Area Served

Wabasha County


Websites

https://www.gundersenhealth.org/locations/gundersen-st-elizabeths-hospital

Phone Numbers

Type Number Hours
Main (651) 565-4581

Last Update

9/25/2023

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This provider does not offer this service at other locations.

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