Tunstall Review

Tunstall Vi+ Medical Alert System

This system offers two-way emergency response for in-home use.  The Tunstall Vi+ can also support devices such as motion sensors, fall detectors, flood detectors, wireless pull cords, plus many more options.

The Tunstall Vi+ can also be programmed to call the professional monitoring center or phone a family member or friend.  It is a good option for those still in their own home or seniors who are living in Supportive Housing or Assisted Living Facilities.  The system is also capable of sending emails or text messages using VoiceGate software.

Key Features

• Attractive, sleek design is non-clinical and unobtrusive
• Audio messages available in 3 languages to announce call progress and status messages
• Illuminated help button to be easily located at night
• Convenient cancel button in case help button is accidentally pressed
• Allows up to six timed reminder messages to be recorded by a caregiver and sent to the user at the designated time. This feature can optionally be monitored by a professional monitoring service, so that if a reminder is not acknowledged by the user then an information call is sent to the center
• Activity monitoring uses sensors strategically placed in the home to detect activities of a resident living alone and to automatically trigger an alarm call when there is an exception to the normally expected pattern of activity. Allows two periods during the day to be monitored. The periods and durations can be specifically defined for the individual resident
• Can be configured to monitor for intrusions to the dwelling and report silently to the monitoring service
• For clients who rely on one (or two) regular daily visits to the home by a care giver, the Caresse + can be configured to monitor those visits and report immediately if a visit does not occur on time
• Virtual sensors allow information from individual simple sensors to be combined to monitor a sequence of activities and to trigger an alarm call if there are exceptions
• Easy switching between hands-free and handset mode allows non-emergency calls to be made in private by picking up the handset of an attached telephone
• Dials up to 10 emergency telephone numbers in multiple call sequences
• Sends Calls to either a Professional Monitoring centre or to a personal recipient
• Ability to answer an incoming telephone call using the Amie pendant or iVi Fall Detector
• Ability to signal a “beep” if user is unable to speak
• Recordable voice tags allow messages to be recorded and used to replace fixed phrases for personal recipient
• Ability to Auto Answer calls from known sources
• Audio messages available in 3 languages to announce call progress and status messages
• Configurable periodic test calls i.e. weekly, monthly, etc.
• Compatible with iVi intelligent pendant with fall detection
• Ability to detect that the iVi is not worn