My mum is 90 years old and has a history of falling. Currently she is in hospital after a fall at home in the shower where she lay for some hours until a neighbour held her calls for help. She seems OK, subject to a further medical assessment later today. We want to get a passive monitoring device. Her house already has a burglar alarm which she manages well and she has personal emergency device that she can press to call a local manned emergency service. However she tends not to keep the emergency button on her person hence her lying after the fall. She has a landline but no internet, nor a smartphone. She has no other need for either but if they are the only options we will sort that.
I have suggested we get a passive monitoring device that detects lack of activity. However I can only find sensors that you have to actively access to tell when a person is out of bed, or entered a room but nothing simple that alerts you when someone is not up and about because (for example) the kettle has not been used, or the fridge door opened, within expected parameters. A company called 3rings used to sell a socket adapters you could program to do that. However all their links are old or trigger “insecure” warnings and I suspect they are no longer in business.
We want to keep it simple and not add to her “hands on” involvement with technology nor do we want her to feel we are watching her every move hence we want something that’s passive and only alerts when a routine activity is missed. She is very happy with the existing emergency help desk so we’d prefer not to move her off that but they don’t offer a passive option.
Any suggestions on devices or lines of inquiry would be welcome please.
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Passive monitoring of elderly mum new
Passive monitoring of elderly mum new
