What to do if you become as cooked as your turkey.

Most of us know a recipe or two by heart --- a little something to whip up at a moment’s notice when a party invitation gets lost in the mail and the host calls to see what you’re bring to dinner that night. If there are no recipes in your culinary repertoire, then there are all kinds of books, websites, blogs and even a dedicated TV network on how to cook a great dish in minutes. Recipes abound everywhere this time of year for all kinds of holiday festivities.

However, in a mad rush on how to intensify the flavor of turkey through deep-frying, how to spice up the pumpkin pie without burning it, or how to arrange an authentic Thanksgiving table with pilgrim dressing and Native American pudding, you can easily forget the most important ingredient to the holidays – YOU!

Sometimes we unintentionally over exhaust ourselves leaving us vulnerable to stress-related illnesses like a heart attack, stroke, and even a fall. To avoid being as cooked as your holiday turkey, wrap yourself in Life Alert’s 24/7 Protection.

Life Alert’s 24/7 Protection is a specialized medical alert service that provides you with three areas of personal protection. First, there’s the original, “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” service. This includes a two-way monitor and lightweight, waterproof pendant that can be used for any home emergency in case the potatoes aren’t the only ones that get mashed.

Simply press the emergency pendant you wear around your neck or on your wrist anytime there’s a home emergency and Life Alert will send help fast, 24/7. You don’t even need to use your phone.

Next you have your choice of two extra side dishes of protection. There’s Life Alert’s monitored CO Gas Protection which, upon detecting dangerous CO levels, will sound its siren to warn you. Much like Aunt Betty’s prune salad, this system has an added benefit that other alarms don’t have. It’s monitored, so when the alarm goes off it sends a signal to the monitoring center where dispatchers will call you and send help, if needed.

And just in case your stove gets as over-heated as you during the holidays, there’s Life Alert’s Monitored Fire Protection that not only sounds an alarm upon detecting fire or smoke, it also sends a signal to the team of dispatchers, who send help whether you’re home or not.

Or, if you prefer your personal protection to be on the go like you, there’s Life Alert’s special 911 Phone. This small mobile protection is perfect for those moments when you find yourself needing help when the road becomes as jumbled as a chex mix party bowl. Just press the big, red, button on the phone and 911 will be called immediately.

More importantly, you don’t have to worry about the cost of your protection being as expansive as the elastic waistband on those holiday pants you wear once a year. Life Alert’s 24/7 Protection is very affordable and is less than the cost of a cell phone plan or cable service.

So this holiday season remember to be as laid back as an oyster shooter and enjoy food, family, and friends knowing that Life Alert Protection is a button press away.

What Does Autumn, Senior Citizens and Life Alert Have in Common?

What does the Autumn season and senior citizens have in common? Well, both display their full magnificent colors; both encapsulate the bounty of life’s harvest; and both are synonymous with falling. For Autumn, it’s the leaves from the tree. For senior citizens, it can be a life changing catastrophe. What could have been a minor accident, can have fatal results if help doesn’t arrive quickly after a senior falls.

Instead, turn over a new leaf with Life Alert Emergency Response. With Life Alert, you can live independently and feel safe knowing that with one touch of a button, emergency help is on the way fast, 24/7, and you don’t even need a phone. Life Alert’s remarkable 2-way communication unit alerts our emergency dispatch center where our dedicated and extensively trained dispatchers will talk to you and send help. Even if you can’t communicate with them, they will still send help. With Life Alert, fall can be just a season and not a life changing catastrophe.

Another similarity between Autumn and senior citizens is the distinctive bouquet of aromatic smells. Autumn is the time when the crisp, cool air gets flavored with grandma’s special recipe pumpkin pie. But what you or grandma might not be able to smell is a CO gas leak from the stove where all that fabulous cooking is taking place. Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odorless and colorless gas, and can build up to dangerous levels in your home when gas stoves, water heaters, furnaces, clothes dryers or fireplaces are not properly vented, operated or maintained. Life Alert’s CO Gas Poisoning and Smoke Detectors are monitored at all times, and sends a signal to our dispatchers in the event that CO gas levels increase to dangerous levels, or if smoke is detected. Life Alert then contacts you and sends help.

Just as Scarecrows scare away creatures from a harvest crop; Life Alert’s Home Intrusion Protection may also scare away creatures who threaten the harvest of one’s life. When you press your help button, Life Alert’s patented audio monitoring system is activated. Immediately, security dispatchers come on and can hear any activity within the house. If an intruder is present, our dispatcher will notify the authorities and warn the prowler that the police are on the way.

Even though the autumn season and senior citizens share a lot of wonderful qualities, you or your seasoned loved one doesn’t have to end up like the leaves that fall to the ground. Life Alert’s Emergency Response, CO Gas and/or Smoke Detector, and Home Intrusion Protection embodies all the bounty one needs to enjoy life independently with peace of mind. So if you find you can’t get up after jumping in that big pile of raked leaves, just push your Life Alert button; help is on the way.

For more information visit www.lifealert.com or call 1-800-522-8296.

Life Alert is Thankful for You.

Thanksgiving is a time for family, food, and festivities with loved ones. But it’s also a time for acknowledging what one is thankful for and Life Alert wants you to know that we are thankful for you.

Because of you, Life Alert is the #1 emergency response company in the United States and your trust in us has made Life Alert the medical alert industry leader. Your grateful testimonials, which pour in daily, prove Life Alert saves lives.

The life-saving stories we receive from you about how pushing the Life Alert button got the emergency help that you needed fast makes us grateful that our service is the best in the personal medical alert industry.

So during this holiday season while you appreciate the loved ones that you have, Life Alert wants you to know we appreciate you.

Basic Thanksgiving Requirements: Turkey, Pumpkin Pie and Life Alert.

It’s that time of year again, where savory, mouth-watering messages are all over TV, radio, print, and store ads; when temptation is allotted its big sale with coupons galore; a time when there’s a universal agreement that we have been given a license to eat.

But who can blame us? How can we resist mom’s turkey that she’s been operating over with herbs and spices the way a doctor uses surgical instruments, grandma’s famous pumpkin pie whose recipe been passed down for generations, and Uncle Ted’s special green bean casserole that has you going back for seconds every time, just what is in that casserole anyway?

Add a little holiday stress over spending the day with mom, grandma, and uncle Ted all at the same time and how can one not over eat?

But if you do, Life Alert wants you to know we’re there for you - even if you don’t know if that burning sensation in your chest is heart burn or a heart attack, or if that sudden bloating and nauseous feeling is from over eating or a life-threatening allergic reaction to Uncle Ted’s casserole because this year he added peanuts and forgot to tell you.

Regardless of the symptoms or causes, one touch of Life Alert’s emergency pendant will signal our dispatchers who are able to get you help for any medical emergency at any time, 24/7, even on turkey day.

Life Alert offers other areas of protection too, such as, monitored CO gas poisoning and smoke detectors that send a signal to our dispatchers in the event that Uncle Ted leaves the casserole in the oven a bit too long.

Life Alert’s special 911 Phone will come in handy in case all that Turkey tryptophan kicks in while you’re driving home and you fall asleep at the wheel. Just press the big, red, button on the phone and 911 will be called immediately.

So this holiday season enjoy your family (and the food) knowing that Life Alert Protection is a button press away.

For more information visit www.lifealert.com or call 1-800-522-8296.