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Resource Guide For Seniors

Medical Alerts

American Medical ID

In an emergency, when you may not be able to speak for yourself, a medical ID bracelet or necklace speaks for you. A brief description of medical conditions, DNR orders, or medication allergies can be engraved on your medical ID to ensure appropriate medical care.

Serving: New Jersey

Bay Alarm Medical Alert

Bay Alarm Medical is an emergency response service. Trained operators will usually respond to a call in under a minute. From there, you’ll be able to ask the operator to call friends, family, neighbors, and if necessary, your local 911 emergency services. In addition, operators will have your medical history, prescriptions and blood type on file. Prices start at $22.99/month.

Serving: New Jersey

Freedom Medical Alert

Medical alert company

Serving: New Jersey

Life Alert NJ

Life Alert is an emergency response service. A simple press of a button will activate Life Alert. Their central monitoring station will initiate two-way communications between the senior and emergency operators, who will contact Fire, Police, relatives or neighbors as needed. Free Brochure call 1-800-981-6221

Serving: New Jersey

Philips Lifeline

Philips Lifeline is a medical alert service. You get fast access to help, 24 hours a day, and 7 days a week. Lifeline is easy to use and can help you remain independent in your own home. Prices starting at $29.95/month.

Serving: New Jersey

Safe Link Wireless

Safe Link Wireless is a lifeline supported service, a government benefit program. Only income eligible customers may enroll in Lifeline, a program for a free cell phone. You can apply on line or by phone.

Serving: New Jersey

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Lori Freudenberger-Nelson is a nonprofit professional with a passion for helping mission-driven organizations grow their impact through thoughtful fundraising and strong community relationships. She brings a diverse professional background that spans nonprofit leadership, law, and public service.

Before transitioning to the nonprofit sector, Lori practiced law and held roles at various law firms in New York City, where she worked in risk management and served as Manager of Legal Recruitment. She also served as a prosecutor at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and at the New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel. These experiences shaped her strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills and inform her collaborative approach to nonprofit development. She has worked closely with nonprofit boards, donors, and community leaders to strengthen donor engagement, support fundraising initiatives, and advance organizational growth.

Lori is deeply committed to community service and philanthropy and has been involved in numerous civic and charitable initiatives throughout her career.

As a doctor who has devoted his medical career to caring for geriatric patients, let me tell you a story about a patient I knew.

Day after day, she sat alone in her apartment, half-tuned to the TV. Her children lived several states away. She could not drive. There were times when she didn’t speak to another human for days. Sometimes she went weeks without a hot meal. This lonely, isolated woman— and many others like her — broke my heart and are the reason why I decided in to form a non-profit in 2012 called Connections at Home.

Based upon my patients stories, I could see the need was dire to help these seniors and the need remains just as critical today.  Connections at Home New Jersey offers a dedicated team of social workers and specially adapted technology that  addresses food insecurity, housing instability and the devastating effects of social isolation, and has dramatically improved the lives of thousands of seniors and provided peace of mind to their  relatives and friends.

Dr. Thomas McCarrick