My elderly mother lives alone, and absolutely REFUSES to keep her cell phone by her side. Won't leave it by her bed at night. Won't put it in her pocket when she's climbing the stairs. Nothing!! To make things worse, her hearing is almost completely gone. So, even when she has it, she can rarely hear it. And, of course, she REFUSES to even consider a hearing aid.
Her land line is still active, but she won't answer that either. "Too many scammers", she says, so she just lets it ring.
I've run over her house so many times (with that sinking feeling of terror) to see if she was OK. Anyone else going through this, or something similar, with an elderly parent? Just had to run over this morning, again. Thank God, she was fine, just didn't feel like carrying her phone.