Caring.com: Helping you help your parents
Search
Home
My Home
Health
Money & Legal Matters
Home Care
Life
Housing
To-Do Lists
Local
Q & A
Forums
Candles
News
Shop
Caring Home
Home Care
Care Planning
Medical Alert Systems
Home Monitors Watch Over Seniors Aging in Place
Home Monitors Watch Over Seniors Aging in Place
Helpful?
8/8
found this blog post helpful.
Save
Save
Print
E-Mail
Share
Last updated:
30-Sep-2008
By
Nell Bernstein
, Caring.com senior editor
Return to Blog Post
2 Comments
Candles have been lit.
Light a Candle Today >
Home Care Planning
Creating a Home Care Plan
Home Safety and Renovations
Emergency Information
Medical Alert Systems
Gadgets for the Home
Home Care Equipment and Supplies
Light a Candle Today >
Close this
I've been interested in non-intrusive sensors to put into our new backyard cottages. I agree with the comment that it isn't so much monitoring the "patient" but provides feedback to the care provider that can make their life easier. No information breeds fear, fear that my parent has fallen or had a health emergency in the night. Then the caregiver has no choice but to call or stop by to check-in on the parent, a possible intrusion into their privacy.
I am an analyst looking at the aging in place market -- and I worry that GE Healthcare, which invested in the QuietCare technology, will emphasize the 'patient' aspect as opposed to the 'senior' aspect of home monitoring. Knowing that my parent was up and moving today is a 'wellness' and problem prevention dimension, not a monitoring of a 'patient' condition. See my blog on tech for aging in place: www.ageinplacetech.com.