Getting access to our gated community
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326054)
Rockingham, Australia
September 26, 2023 7:31pm CST
We live in a gated community and at least one member in each household must be over 55 so as you can imagine there are a lot of older people here. And it’s to be expected that there will be a few medical emergencies happening from time to time.
When we got back from house-sitting, there was a community barbecue opposite our house so we joined them for a very short while. One of the ladies there, who was very fit, has suddenly had bad attacks of dizziness and had to be taken off in an ambulance about a week before. Our neighbour was taken off in an ambulance last week too and another gentleman has a growth on his spine and also had to be hospitalised.
There is a code to get in the gate after 6pm but we’ve been told that all emergency services have their own special code so they don’t have to rely on stressed people trying to tell them how to access the area. I was pleased to hear that as half the time I can’t remember the code but we have a remote that we can push to let us in.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
27 Sep
I hope everybody comes back from the hospital in good condition. I wouldn't want to try to remember codes to a gated community... In an emergency, I might forget.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
28 Sep
@JudyEv That's why I write them down.
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@JudyEv (326054)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Sep
@DaddyEvil Passwords and codes become a nightmare especially as you get older.
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@1creekgirl (40570)
• United States
27 Sep
That's really good the Emergency people have a code to get it.
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@joanwanjala (522)
• Mombasa, Kenya
28 Sep
@JudyEv with age,it becomes so hard to memorise codes and passwords, at 32 ,I've had to use a common password and code for almost everything in my life now
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@RebeccasFarm (86780)
• United States
27 Sep
Oh that is brilliant and advisable and necessary of course..you dont want to be dilly dallying in an emergency. Sorry to hear of everyones illnesses though Judy. Bless hope you and husband are always fine though.
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@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
28 Sep
Sounds to be a very good security system you have in your place. I think in here there are still security guards that they use for exclusive villages. Individual residents just use remote-controlled gates and CCTVs to protect them from any potential threats that may infiltrate their exclusive subdivisions.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16541)
• China
27 Sep
The gated community has many strong points.Oh ! a few of people were hospitalised in your absence !
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@Beestring (13348)
• Hong Kong
27 Sep
It's a good idea the emergency services have their special code because in stressful situations, codes will be forgotten easily.
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@snowy22315 (170202)
• United States
27 Sep
Oh gee, that is alot of people having emergencies. The majority of people that live in this development are older too. Ocassionally you will see an ambulance. I also know of at least 2 people who lived here who passed away, and they both were kind of well known in the community. One was helping to run a community meeting one time, and had some kind of position...and I saw him with his grandson doing a community clean up once. The other one lived on this street, and loved to have parties, that were a bit on the loud side.
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@ptrikha_2 (45532)
• India
28 Sep
Code systems need to have a backup. Do you have security guards who assist folks in case of Access issues?
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@aninditasen (15749)
• Raurkela, India
27 Sep
That's great to hear that you have so much facility related to health in your community.
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@aninditasen (15749)
• Raurkela, India
28 Sep
@JudyEv You are very lucky to have good hospitals close to you. It's essential for senior citizens.
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