Project Lifesaver info

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Hi,

There was a post earlier this morning asking about cost. Our's was

around $250.00 initially for the device, with a $12.00 per month fee

for battery changes by the Sheriff's office. This is at their cost -

no markup or profit.

Insurance will not cover it (at least not ours) and Indiana Medicaid

would not cover it either - it is not a " medical " device. We were

successful in locating a charitable organization for funding.

Patty

Re: Project Lifesaver

It is about the size of a man's watch (the diameter of the device

itself) the band comes in a variety of materials. We chose a plastic

band that fastened much like the plastic fasteners on items in

stores. They CAN be cut with some work - it would take a normal pair

of scissors a while to get through the plastic on 's band.

is GENIUS at excaping and is unable to get this off and

neither can I without the pressure of 2 hands, something she can't do

with her hand strength. We also chose to put it on her ankle, because

she is accustomed to wearing a medic alert bracelet on her ankle due

to her Epilepsy, so she has basically ignored it completely. We did

go into deep " negotiations " (much to the amusement of the Sheriff's

dept. officer) and finally struck a deal with me in which we

could put the band and device on her ankle - IF I would print her

multiple copies of Hershey's chocolate syrup lids - the pull-up kind

and they MUST be RED! I swear if we could send her to the UN we could

achieve world peace - she is THAT good at negotiations. :-)

It also ocurred to my husband and me tonight that IF someone TOOK

her,

they might not notice the device on her ankle right away, giving

police a shot at tracking her movements before a kidnapper cut it

off.

It took a HUGE amount of pressure on the part of a rather Large

officer using a clamp to get it fastened.

They also had nylon and leather bands - both looked too easy for her

to remove. The plastic band was the most secure and least likely for

her to excape from.

Nothing is fool-proof, but it was better than not trying at all, to

us. We found funding through a charity in our state that was actually

LOOKING for funding recipients! They are paying for the first year of

batteries as well.

Patty