Judy's List Could Save Lives.....

Every minute of every day that we spend in our homes we face danger. We all tend to think of home as a safe place..... but it’s not.
Accident statistics from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, the National Safety Council and other sources tell us that.....
45 percent of unintentional injury deaths occurred in and around the home.
There are all types of accidents that can occur in or around the home. Among them, the third leading cause of accidental death in the home is fall related accidents.
The most common places that accidents happen in the home are:
the kitchen
the bedroom
stairs
In 2006 nearly 20,000 people were killed in fall related accidents.
There is the very real possibility that anyone could slip and fall and hit their head on a hard surface. Death may not happen in every case but occurs often enough that people need to be made aware of this very real danger that we all face no matter what our age.
This sad fact was brought home last week to our family.
Judy Hile was our cousin. She was much more than just a cousin though. She was one of our best friends. We spent many hours with her and we loved her more than words could ever convey.
Sadly, Judy was a victim of a fall related death. She was only 63. She should have had a good many years ahead of her yet and because of an accident, that may have been preventable, she died.
Finding Judy like this has been very traumatic for us. I have nightmares every night in which I see her lying there in a pool of blood.
I dream that I was there so that I could catch her in order to prevent this from happening.
I think of all the things that might have been done that could have prevented this. But, Judy had lived in this place most of her life. It was her home. We had no idea of the danger that would one day steal her life like a thief in the night leaving us with only our memories and wishes that it wouldn't have happened.
In her memory, and because we don’t want anyone else to have to deal with such a tragedy and the trauma of finding a loved one so, we are starting Judy’s List. It is a phone service whereby you can put yourself or a loved on Judy’s list and we will call, or visit, to check on them. If necessary we will call for help when you or your loved one may be unable to.
When you sign up for this service we will also include a report on safety in the home and how to prevent many common accidents that can (and DO) result in deaths every year.
For just $10 a week we can call you, or your loved one, each weekday.
For $15 a week we will call 7 days a week
For just $100 a week, for those within a 10 mile radius, we will come by and check on your loved one 5 days out of the week (this service is available for a limited number of customers due to obvious reasons)

Judy's List is being created in hopes that we can help to save other families from the grief that we are now going through.
For anyone that lives alone- especially anyone elderly, with health issues or a disability- this service could mean the difference between life and death.

Sure there are services for an appliance that your loved one can wear to push a button for help when they need it.

Sadly, these services are not always 100% effective. My Aunt Vera had one and the one time she needed it she pushed the button to find that help didn't come. It turned out that because of a storm that he appliance didn't work and no one was even aware that there was a problem.

Luckily she was found the next day, still alive. But, because help didn't come, she had spent all night in a cold bathtub when she found herself unable to get out after taking her bath.

My cousin Judy was knocked unconcious and bled to death after hitting her head on the cement floor when she fell down her basement stairs.

She lived alone. Her brother had just been to see her a couple of hours earlier. He lives within sight of the home where Judy lived and died.

With our service we cannot and will not guarantee that this will save your loved ones life but it COULD! For only $10 a week we will call once or twice a day for 5 days out of the week.

We will follow your wishes for what to do if we cannot get an answer.

If we call and your loved one is having problems we will contact you. If we are unable to contact you we will continue to contact them and if help is needed we will either go there ourselves or, if it is warranted, call 911 for them.

$10 a week is a little price to pay to have some piece of mind. Even if it is YOU that lives alone you can order this service.

For some people, these phone calls could be their only human contact on some days. It really could be the difference between a serious injury or death in some cases.

You can sign up for this service by clicking on one of the buttons to the right.