My mom lives alone, and she wants to get an automated message every morning asking if she's OK. If she doesn’t reply within a certain time, it should notify me or a list of people she added to the emergency contact.
Ideally, I'd prefer a solution that works with SMS for the check-in, but I'm open to any recommendations!
I can imagine you might have to correct for a lot of "chit chat " she has time for and you don't, but that's just good practice I would think.
I would love to know if something such as you mention actually exists, so I will be following here.
Best of luck.
I can't understand the need for such an advice. To me it is a matter of a one on one simple phone call. How hard is that?
I think 'my day' was Tuesday and I'd simply call her in the morning to check in on her and then again in the evening. It was not a burden and split among 7 of us, certainly not a burden. In fact, I often ended up going to get her for a drive and lunch on 'my day'. I'd take whatever kid was around with me. I have great memories of those fun days with GG. She was up for anything!
She did also wear a fall pendant. That was just extra 'fall' coverage.
She lived alone and in her own home until she was 95. A shining example of independence and grace. We should all be so lucky.
Calling once a week? It wasn't onerous or hard at all. This took a lot of 'worry' off of mom, who was her POA and only child living nearby. Plus, it kept me close to my g-ma and I don't regret that.
Nowadays, the Apple Watch, which all my g-kids wear, communication is instant. My kids can track their kids, communicate with them and it saves a ton of angst. I think the trouble with those watches is that they do come with a little bit of a learning curve.
https://aceswmn.org/self-supporting-services/telephone-reassurance/#:~:text=A.C.E.'s%20trained%20Telephone%20Reassurance,or%20someone%20to%20talk%20to.
Do a search for your home state.