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Walsall pensioners’ emergency alarms to be scrapped
Express & Star 12 Jul 10
Emergency alarms for frail pensioners’ in Walsall are being scrapped. The Piper Alarm pull cord and intercom systems, which have been in use for 30 years, will be ditched on a case-by-case basis when they need repairing.
The alarms were in thousands of council houses which were transferred to Walsall Housing Group (WHG) in 2003 but are now thought to be out of date. Elderly people in WHG homes can instead ask to be assessed for a new pendant to wear around their neck that detects smoke, extreme heat and cold temperatures…