DEAR ABBY: May I share with you and your readers some information that was provided to me by a fireman? It concerns senior citizens.
If seniors don't have an emergency alert device, they should take their car keys to bed with them and place them on their nightstand. The little red "panic" button can be used to start the horn of their car in an emergency. The neighbors will hear the horn and help them. -- RICK IN SCOTTSDALE
DEAR RICK: That's not a bad suggestion -- but first, forewarn the neighbors that if your car alarm goes off, it may indicate that you're in trouble. In my city, car alarms go off so frequently that people often assume it's a malfunction and ignore it.