The combined entity will be one of the nation’s largest providers of personal emergency response systems (PERS.)

The company will leverage Water Street's deep expertise in healthcare and significant capital commitment to pursue acquisitions and organic initiatives that will further its expansion and aggressively grow its leadership position in the personal emergency response service (PERS) industry.

The Monitoring Association, with panelists representing the Alarm Industry Communications Committee (AICC) and the Medical Alert Monitoring Association (MAMA), held this webinar to discuss how the 3G sunset will impact businesses, customers and integrators, along with what professionals can do to help. 

WH International Response Center (WHIRC) is offering a virtual event that provides insight for some growing opportunities with WHIRC through PERS and mPERS devices.

Safe Home Security announced that it has entered into a $195 million senior secured credit facility with a group of institutional investors. 

The Voice Panic Detector Communicator (VPD) is built for the PERS industry.

AvantGuard Monitoring Centers are collaborating with Clairvoyant Networks to launch a hybrid solution that enables both family caregivers and professional monitoring companies to remotely monitor and connect with loved ones at the same time.

Medical Guardian LLC took part in a $105 million refinancing of its senior credit facility. Imperial Capital LLC served as the exclusive financial advisor, and the refinancing was led by funds advised by Apollo Capital Management LP and its affiliates. 

Growing older certainly has its advantages — I am but four months from Medicare and can’t wait to dramatically reduce my healthcare insurance costs. But there are other things that make life more complicated as I get older. 

Connect America, an independent provider of personal emergency response systems (PERS), has acquired Tunstall Americas, a provider of connected health services.