https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/11/04/apples-crash-detection-saves-another-life-mine?
Of all the new products I've reviewed across 15 years of writing for AppleInsider, Apple Watch has certainly has made the most impact to me personally. A couple weeks ago it literally saved my life.
Crash detection is one of those features you forget about having on your watch or phone, but it makes a huge impact when it's needed.
These are the sorts of features that I am always wholeheartedly on-board with. Ones that work in the background with little to no input that work when required to improve the user’s everyday lives.
After recently finding out that my mother knocked herself unconscious some time ago while she was alone and woke up after almost half an hour had past I’m tempted to buy her an Apple Watch for some peace of mind. To be clear, it’s not a small purchase for me just as a gift but she’s recently had a couple of falls as well so it’s getting concerning.
Assuming she bothers to wear the damn thing. My grandmother on my father's side once had a fall incident that led to a hospitalization, so the family chipped in to buy her an Apple Watch because it has fall detection. But she's too embarrassed to wear it, so it lives permanently on her nightstand, even though so many of us have smart watches of our own.
If it makes you feel any better my mom basically does the same thing unless she’s visiting.
Thankyou for your concern ☺️ she’s a nurse and has visited doctors on each occasion. Definitely feels like there’s something underlying there but that may just be me being paranoid.
I did this for my dad and my mother in-law. They love their watch and all of us feel a little better with them wearing it. Inlaw has fallen twice while gardening (tripped) and we got notified. Really happy with them
You might also try a more conventional LifeAlert necklace or something. I had briefly considered Apple Watch for my Mom, but she wouldn’t be able to use it. Even with the alert necklace, she keeps taking it off to shower when that’s where she really needs to wear it
I really hope they keep tuning it to fix the false positives but this is a really amazing feature. Same with fall detection (both amazing and a little false triggering).
I was in a serious car accident in 2008 in my BMW ($30k in car damage, $185k in medical bills) and when I got out of the car and called 911, they told me that the car had already called them and they were on the way. It’s 15 years later and most cars STILL don’t have this feature, so it’s great to have something that does. It will and has saved lives.
Yeah, I almost upgraded my watch just for the crash detection. Now m thinking about that again but it seems a shame to replace my series 6 so soon