We support your decision to stay at home.
Leaving nothing to chance
I live life on my terms
Following my interests
Enjoying each day
Living with dignity & independence
In the home that I love
Now more than ever
Embracing life
Franciscan Skemp Lifeline is an easy-to-use Personal Response Service that ensures people living at home with limited mobility and other physical challenges, get quick assistance whenever it is needed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
With continuous hometown quality, service and visibility, we have served over 100,000 subscribers in this area since 1982. Franciscan Skemp Lifeline helps people live more independent, active lives at home. No matter what the health concerns or special needs, they will always be in close touch with people who care.
Lifeline's own professional staff is ready to assist whenever it is needed, allowing members and their caregivers to go about daily activities with more confidence and less worry all for a little more than a dollar and pennies a day.
How it works
The subscriber wears a waterproof personal help button as a necklace, or on their wrist. If the person needs help they press the button. The Lifeline unit is activated and automatically dials the Lifeline Response Center. Within seconds a Trained Certified Lifeline monitor, who has instant access to your complete profile and critical information (which we obtain from you) will contact you to see what help you need (in English or your native language). Even if you can't answer, Lifeline sends help at once.
We ask that you give us the names of family, neighbors, or friends who are willing to respond if you press your button. The Lifeline Monitor will contact a neighbor, loved one or if they are unavailable, emergency services, to come to your assistance based on your specific needs. The Lifeline Monitor will follow up to ensure that help did arrive.
Benefits of Lifeline
Life is unpredictable. An unexpected fall or medical emergency could threaten your future health if help is delayed. With Lifeline, help is assured.
Francican Skemp Lifeline can help you or a loved one:
- Answer the telephone using your personal help button
- Achieve greater safety in your home
- Maintain your peace of mind knowing that help is just a press-of-a-button away
- Enjoy a stronger sense of well-being and safety
- Connection with a friendly and caring voice when lonely.
- Feel more confident while transferring from a wheelchair
- Remember to take medication
- Recover smoothly from surgery
- Get quick medical care in case of falls or other health problems, reducing unnecessary suffering and making a real postive difference in recovery
Obtaining Lifeline
We take the necessary information and will set up a time with you to have a Lifeline Home Service representative come to your home and install your service within two business days. We have trained volunteers from the community who will take the time required to make you comfortable with our Lifeline Service as they carefully explain the system so that everyone understands how it works. If you or a family member would like to install your unit, we will supply you with the information needed to set up and test the equipment at a reduced enrollment charge.
To get your Lifeline installed, call Franciscan Skemp Lifeline at 608-392-6300 or 800-362-5454 ext. 6300 weekdays from 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. If you are calling on the weekend or after hours, please call 1-800-242-1306 ext 4532.
More information is available about Lifeline at the Lifeline Web site.
Call: 800-362-5454 ext. 6300
More Information
Lifeline and Fall Prevention
Types of Lifeline Services
