Call-for-aid systems: the item everyone forgets to test

Emergency call-for-aid systems in senior units — bathroom and bedroom pull cords or buttons — have to actually work, and they fail silently for years because nobody tests them on a schedule. If the system does not signal, that is a deficiency with a resident-safety story behind it. Who tests yours, how often, and how is it logged?

Pull cords fail in the worst way a device can: silently, for years, in the unit of the resident who will need it most. Nobody tests them because they are nobody's round — not the turn crew's, not the vendor's, not the manager's walk. Assign them, schedule them, log them, the same as extinguishers and exit lights, and this item stops being a surprise. Who tests your call-for-aid systems and how often — and be honest, when was the last full test before you read this?