Builders addressing how to monitor the elderly
April 29, 2007
A story in the Chicago Tribune, by Jane Adler, covers various attempts at using home automation technology to assist in monitoring and taking care of the elderly. One builder includes as many as fifty devices in the homes he's building, such as scales that report weight and bed sensors that monitor rising and sleeping times.
For more on this subject, see my article from last year, A watchful eye on aging parents.
Hi: I'm looking for a PC-based software package that will place a call to my elderly dad every day at a specified time and if he answers the phone, the event is complete. If he does not answer the phone within a specified number of rings, then the package will terminate the call and redial a specified emergency number and play an automated emergency message for help. Do you have such a product or can you point me to some website or company that may have this type of software package? Thanx ... Dan
Posted by: Dan Daddieco | October 28, 2008 at 12:10 PM