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LifeLine
now available in this easy to
read, lighted face watch from
Timex. Alarm mechanism built
right into the face.
one time cost of $99.00
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Lifeline
Maine Coast Memorial
Hospital
50 Union Street
Ellsworth, ME 04605
(207) 664-5314
or In-State Toll-free
1-888-873-3030
tswanson@mainehospital.org
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Volunteer Lifeline
Installer Irv Dunton reviews
salient points of Lifeline use
with a new subscriber — a push
of a button allows you to speak
to a Lifeline Center from any
room in your house — 24 hours a
day, 365 days a year.
End table safety always at the
ready so we can remain in our
homes with independence.
Your Personal Help Button is 100% waterproof and
we want you to wear it everywhere within your
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This year
marks our twentieth year of offering a home
emergency call program. Begun in 1986 by
hospital auxiliary members, the service is
now quickly growing and is estimated to have
over 500 subscribers in 2007. Lifeline lets
one live with a measure of safety alone in
one’s home with the reassurance that if the
unexpected happens, help is only the push of
a button away. Serving people all over
Hancock and Washington Counties, Lifeline is
a cooperative alliance with Downeast
Community Hospital in Machias and Calais
Regional Hospital.
A bright future for lifeline – In the early
spring of 2006, Lifeline ownership was
embraced by one of the world’s leaders in
electronics and health care, Denmark Philips N.A. Philips will soon offer defibrillator
services and video monitoring at home, a
service that is already available in Europe.
Naturally, we are excited about the
prospects of offering more intensive and
extended possibilities for better care and
safety at home.
Live independently
in your own home with Maine Coast Lifeline, the
leading personal response service.
New Care Partner Telephone
Care Partner Telephone with Reminders, the highest
technology in personal care response, is now being offered at
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital for those living in their homes
alone. The new specially designed telephones are programmable
to remind subscribers to take their medications, keep
appointments, follow doctors’ special orders, reminders for
special occasions like birthdays and give caregivers a new
tool to work with for those who are aging and live alone. The
new Care Partner Telephone also offers many new features
including:
- Large, high contrast pushbuttons with lighted keypad for
night time use
- Speakerphone for hands free conversation
- Volume controls for handset, speakerphone and ringer
- Enunciated dialing feature announces each number as it
is pressed to ensure correct dialing
- Memory keys for quick dialing
About
Lifeline
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Continue To Live In The Home You Love
You are never a stranger when you call Maine Coast
Lifeline.
This is your life and you want to continue living it
the way you want - in the comfort of your own
home...where you are surrounded by the memories of a
lifetime and where you can easily do things the way
you like.
Maine Coast Lifeline gives you independence
confidence and freedom to live on your own knowing
there is always someone standing by to help whenever
you need it.
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With Maine Coast Lifeline's "Personal Caring
Connection"...
• Your family
members will be reassured of your well-being
when they cannot be with you because our service
is 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-per-week.
• Maine Coast
Lifeline provides peace of mind knowing your
loved ones are always safe and secure in their
own homes.
• You and your
loved ones will have the ongoing confidence that
help is just a button push away.
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Help is always within reach!
Any time of day or
night, when you need help, you simple press the
Personal Help Button.
Pressing the button activates a small, in home unit
called a CarePartner Communicator, which then
automatically dials the Lifeline Response Center.
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In about a minute, a Lifeline monitor responds to
you.
If you say you need assistance, your monitor will
send appropriate help. That may mean dispatching an
ambulance. It may mean calling the fire department,
or the police if you hear suspicious noises. It may
simply mean calling your next door neighbor or
family member who can come over to check on you.
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There is so much security and it's so easy to get
started.
Having instant access to help from your home is as
easy as: Calling Maine
Coast Memorial Hospital's Lifeline office
(664-5314 or 1-888-873-3030 toll-free within the
state of Maine), or E-mail us to get stared
Wearing your
Personal Help Button. Pressing the
button when you need help.
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No matter where you live in the Maine Coast Memorial
Hospital service area, when you press the button for
help, how do we know your special needs?
When you begin the Lifeline service, one of the
first things you do is provide our Lifeline office
with information about yourself:
• Your address
• Your physical limitations
• Allergy information
• The phone number of nearby
neighbors and family members, your
physician the ambulance, police and fire
departments.
The moment the
Response Center receives your call, a trained
monitor has instant access to your information.
F.A.Q.
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What if you are taking a bath and suddenly need
help??
You see, we realize that much of our value depends
upon you wearing your Personal Help Button all the
time. So we made it small and unobtrusive, even
attractive. We made it lightweight and comfortable.
And we made it completely WATERPROOF, so you can
wear it in the shower or bath.
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How much does Lifeline cost??
You will be surprised how inexpensive peace of
mind can be.
In thousands of communities across the United States
and Canada, people are enjoying the safety and peace
of mind Lifeline offers. When you subscribe to
Lifeline, you pay a one time installation fee, plus
a monthly monitoring fee. Usually about a dollar per
day. Call your local Lifeline Program to find our
how reasonable the monthly cost is. There is no need
to make a long-term commitment, Lifeline can be
discontinued at any time. It is that simple and
straightforward.
A free subscription program is available to benefit
those on limited income who cannot afford to pay for
this life saving service.
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital sponsors fund raising
events which specifically benefit the Lifeline
program. They include an annual Dinner Theater and
the Jewelry Sale Spectacular.
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Who answers when I call and how does it work?
When you press your Personal Help Button, the
communicator automatically dials the Lifeline
Response Center on your telephone. Within seconds
you are talking with a monitor who immediately has
all of your important information displayed on a
screen. Lifeline monitors are deeply caring, highly
trained professionals. Their only job is to answer
your call and ensure that you receive the attention
you deserve and the help you need, no matter where
you live in our service area.
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Are there any other benefits to having the Lifeline
service?
There is so much more to Lifeline.
• Having Lifeline in your home
puts you that much closer to a number of
features designed to make your life easier.
CarePartner Communicator models with the RSVP
feature, eliminate the need to rush to answer a
ringing phone. You simple press your Personal
Help Button and talk through your communicator
to the person calling.
• With Lifeline's Battery
Back-up Protection, you do not have to feel
vulnerable or afraid if your electricity goes
out. Your equipment keeps on working for up to
eight hours.
• Plus with Lifeline you have
the confidence of knowing you are relying on the
oldest and largest personal emergency response
service in the industry. Over the past 20 years,
millions of subscribers have relied on Lifeline
to meet one of their greatest needs and hundreds
of men and women in downeast Maine are currently
using this wonderful service.
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That need is the same as yours.
You too, can remain safe, secure and independent in
your own home with Maine Coast Lifeline.
Our Staff
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