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I've recommended NOT getting an Apple Watch/Phone for precisely this use-case.

If you don't have great manual dexterity, your fingers are wet/dirty/whatever, then using a touch-screen is terrible and frustrating.

Physical buttons, particularly ones that don't rely on manual dexterity, are a much better approach.

Yes, it can (potentially) detect falls, but if it doesn't, and you need to manually activate it then you could find yourself stuck.

Not sure I follow, you can manually call sos on the Apple Watch by holding down the side button (and keeping it held down). If it detects a fall and you don't respond within a set amount of time, it will call emergency services.

The automatic fall detect is the cherry on top, I don't think it gets any easier than pressing a (very light) button for not much time. And if your hands are fucked as well, you can tell Siri to call 911

If you can't speak, can't access the button, can't swipe, and it didn't detect the fall, then I don't think any piece of tech is going to help. You are fucked

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