Special Needs Call Light

When I first came to this facility, the call light system was very bare bones. The call lights had pull cords. That was fine in the daytime but at night I had to sleep with a pull cord around my hand. Many times while sleeping I accidentally pulled the call light. I was always concerned that I might drop the cord in my bed. I needed something better than a pull cord to use in bed. Before long the facility told me about a call light system that I could activate by blowing into a straw. I had not heard of this type of call light but using it allowed me to have my left hand free and I did not have to worry about losing it in my bed.

In order to get the call light to work and not fall apart the mouthpiece had to be taped to the gooseneck positioning pipe. Since taping it did not guarantee that it would stay together, I contacted the manufacturer to see if there was a replacement piece. But I learned that the entire unit would have to be replaced.

I explained my call light problems to the Director of Nursing and gave her the information to purchase another unit. It has taken a while for the purchase request to get through corporate bureaucracy. But I hope it will not be too long before a new call light is ordered. I plan to make sure that we take good care of it because it has been a godsend to me.

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