Security Devices For Senior Citizens

While I was driving along the other day, I happened to see a city bus stopped to let off a passenger. Down the bus steps very shakily stepped a man about 80 or so years old. As I watched him assemble his package and his cane, etc., I thought to myself-now here is a prime target for an assailant- he can barely handle everything and he's shaky and unsteady. Isn't that exactly what criminals look for? Of course they are looking for those who can't defend themselves and who are vulnerable. But do they have to stand victims?

These days there are multiple types of personal security devices that can be kept on the person for just those times when we find ourselves faced with an assailant. For anyone elderly, my first pick would be pepper spray, as it is so easy to use and can be kept on a key chain, in the pocket, or wherever the person feels it is most handy to get to in a hurry!

Pepper spray when sprayed at the attacker's face, causes the veins in the eyes to swell and the eyes shut. It also causes the mucous membranes to swell which causes the assailant to have difficulty breathing. These effects can last 45 minutes or more which is plenty of time for that elderly person to call for help as well as move out of the crime area.

Pepper spray is also versatile in that it comes in a variety of shapes and packaging। There is the pepper spray pen, the pepper spray key chain, the pepper spray lipstick case, and the pepper spray ring to name just a few।

There are other types of mobile security devices that are suitable for the elderly as well and these include but are not limited to stun guns, tasers, stun batons, and personal security alarms to name a few.

Perhaps the easiest to use is the mobile personal security alarm. They also come in a variety of shapes and sizes which include key chain alarms and personal alarms. These are easier for elderly to use in that they are usually activated by pulling a pin out of the alarm depending on the alarm. Since a lot of elderly have a variety of difficulties to include dexterity and mobility affected by age, these are simple devices for use, designed to call attention to a situation by a loud high decibel alarm. This is usually a great deterrent to an assailant preying on an elderly victim.

For the more aggressive elderly, there are small compact size stun guns. Stun guns come packed to offer the assailant a high voltage "stun" designed to drop the assailant's blood sugar and thus inhibit his movement and energy allowing the elder to get to safety and call for help. Stun guns come in a variety of shapes and sizes-even designed to look like a cell phone. Carried in grandma's purse until needed, they offer another great means for an elderly man or woman to have security and protection while out.