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I just wanted to share something that we have been doing with a widowed friend that has worked well and gives us all some peace of mind.
It all started last December when a neighbor who was a single guy was found dead in his condo after a few days. He had not shown up for a meeting and some friends went to check on him.
We have a widow friend who lives alone. We set up a "check-in" text with her and four other people where she is to text us "ok" each morning... though often it is some emoji like a sun for a good day or an umbrella for a rainy day. If we don't get an ok from her by 10am then we call or stop by or otherwise chase her down. I set up a reminder on my phone for 10am each morning "Has [name] checked in today?".
The system works well. There have been a couple times where she forgot to check in and I called and she answered and didn't even say hello but just answered "Gosh, I forgot".
It is simple to set up and only takes a few seconds a day and gives us all peace of mind that she isn't in trouble.
It all started last December when a neighbor who was a single guy was found dead in his condo after a few days. He had not shown up for a meeting and some friends went to check on him.
We have a widow friend who lives alone. We set up a "check-in" text with her and four other people where she is to text us "ok" each morning... though often it is some emoji like a sun for a good day or an umbrella for a rainy day. If we don't get an ok from her by 10am then we call or stop by or otherwise chase her down. I set up a reminder on my phone for 10am each morning "Has [name] checked in today?".
The system works well. There have been a couple times where she forgot to check in and I called and she answered and didn't even say hello but just answered "Gosh, I forgot".
It is simple to set up and only takes a few seconds a day and gives us all peace of mind that she isn't in trouble.
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