An app to check on an elderly parent
If you check on an elderly parent with a phone call every morning, you know how it goes. Most days you get an answer. Some days you don't, and you spend the next hour wondering why. Lanturne is an app that puts a daily I'm OK on your phone, so you don't have to make that call, and you get an alert fast when something is off.
A check-in instead of the call
When the person you look after taps I'm OK on the watch once a day, that one check-in replaces the phone call you make because you're worried, and you can see it on your phone wherever you are, even in another state.
What else you get an alert for
A check-in only helps if somebody is able to tap it. Here's every alert you can get, and what happens when one comes in.
Why a watch, and not a phone app or a camera
- A phone app only works if the phone gets carried around. A watch stays on the wrist all day.
- Many older people don't want a camera in their home. A check-in takes a moment a day, and you only see what you need to see.
- A watch looks like a watch. A pendant around the neck is different, because everyone in the room can see what it's for. When they won't wear a medical alert.
Getting started
Here's which watch and phone you need, and what it costs.