This is a monitoring device that users strap onto their chest.  It records vital signs, activity levels and can even determine if the patient has fallen.  Caregivers can view information from a website and will receive alerts via text message, email or phone that are all provided by a 24 hour call center.  This article from Gilbert Guide.

 Adult children can always be kept in the loop about not only whether mom is safe at home, but also if she if she is running a slight fever, has a regular heart beat, has slept enough in the past few days or perhaps isn’t picking up her phone because she decided to take a nap. The device truly can cut down on an adult child’s worry about a parent living alone.

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