A system for patient-staff acknowledgment, including: a wireless staff member device, such as any of claims 10 to 13, including: a first receiver for receiving a first signal from a wireless patient member device; a first transmitter for transmitting a second signal to said wireless patient member device; and at least one first switch; a wireless patient member device, such as of claim 14, including: at least one second switch; a second transmitter for transmitting said first signal to said wireless staff member device; a second receiver for receiving said second signal from said wireless staff member device; wherein said wireless patient member device is configured to activate an alarm, upon affecting one of said at least one second switch a first time, and to transmit said first signal from said second transmitter, upon affecting one of said at least one second switch a second time; said wireless staff member device is configured to, upon affecting one of said at least one first switch, activate said first receiver to receive said first signal within a range less than a threshold distance during a predetermined activation time; and to transmit said second signal by said first transmitter, after receiving said first signal by said first receiver within said predetermined activation time; and said wireless patient member device is configured to cancel said alarm after receiving said second signal by said second receiver. a wireless staff member device, such as any of claims 10 to 13, including: a first receiver for receiving a first signal from a wireless patient member device; a first transmitter for transmitting a second signal to said wireless patient member device; and at least one first switch; a first receiver for receiving a first signal from a wireless patient member device; a first transmitter for transmitting a second signal to said wireless patient member device; and at least one first switch; a wireless patient member device, such as of claim 14, including: at least one second switch; a second transmitter for transmitting said first signal to said wireless staff member device; a second receiver for receiving said second signal from said wireless staff member device; at least one second switch; a second transmitter for transmitting said first signal to said wireless staff member device; a second receiver for receiving said second signal from said wireless staff member device; wherein said wireless patient member device is configured to activate an alarm, upon affecting one of said at least one second switch a first time, and to transmit said first signal from said second transmitter, upon affecting one of said at least one second switch a second time; said wireless staff member device is configured to, upon affecting one of said at least one first switch, activate said first receiver to receive said first signal within a range less than a threshold distance during a predetermined activation time; and to transmit said second signal by said first transmitter, after receiving said first signal by said first receiver within said predetermined activation time; and said wireless patient member device is configured to cancel said alarm after receiving said second signal by said second receiver.