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Safety Mobile Apps for the Seniors


Everyone wants to be techno-savvy. So why should seniors be the exception? As of 2016, 42% of the elders use a smartphone. Most of the seniors are familiar with the use of the smartphone, internet, and apps. 

Ageing elders can harness the potential of technological innovations by using some apps. Apps can be used by elders for senior health monitoring, safety and medical alerts. Senior apps are the best gift that technology has given to ageing elders as it helps them to take better care of themselves and allows us to offer timely assistance to them when needed. 

Let us take a look at some senior safety apps and medical alert apps for seniors and also dwell on apps used for senior health monitoring and home care service for the elderly.

Medical alert apps for seniors 
  1. 1. As age advances, medication becomes a part of every elder's life and most of the seniors forget to take their pills on time. Apps have been designed to alert elders promptly to take their pills on time. One such app is the "Medisafe" app. 

Medisafe 
Medisafe is an app which alerts the elders that it is time to take their medication. Not only this, Medisafe can also inform doctors, caregivers or pharmacists when/if the pills are taken or missed. With Medisafe, your elder is sure to safely adhere to his medication schedule ensuring better health. 

  1. 2. Emergencies can occur anytime when elders are around. How can the elder reach out for assistance when such a sudden emergency occurs? The "Alert" app is a simple app created for this very purpose.

 Alert 
Alert is a simple medical alert app that helps elders to instantly reach out to hospitals, doctors or family members in case of an emergency. Once a senior downloads this app, he records 3 main contacts on the app who can be instantly reached in case of an emergency. In the event of an emergency, one tap on the main button of the app will immediately alert all the 3 members of the crisis with a text message. since this message is transmitted with the GPS information, locating the elder is very easy with the Alert app. Suitable for both Android and iPhone users, the Alert app allows a conferencing facility for premium users. 

Safety apps for seniors 
Safety should be the prime concern for all seniors due to their failing health and vigour. Here are some safety apps for seniors that help family members and caregivers to monitor them 24x7 and ensure total safety. 

Senior Safety app 
The Senior Safety App can be installed for free form the Google Play Store. This invaluable app can be installed in seconds and once configured, it enables you to monitor the mobile phone activity of the elder remotely using the web browser. 
Once this app is active, alerts arrive on the app for emergency help, phone falling, entry and exit of the elder from geo-locations like streets or buildings, inactivity of the phone for a long duration and even low battery and reports on all calls and message sent and received by the elder. 

This app is priceless for elders s it has an Alert SOS feature that helps them to immediately contact family or caregivers in case of emergency. The in-built mobility-tracking feature in this app is a boon as it alerts us in case the elder suffers a fall. For the dementia-affected seniors, this app is a heaven-sent help as it prevents them from wandering by tracking their GPs and issuing alerts. This app is the best for home care service of the elderly. 

Senior health monitoring apps 
Apps like Heartwise blood pressure Tracker or IBG star track your blood pressure and blood glucose levels respectively and intimate doctors and family via alerts.  
Monitor elders using senior safety apps and senior health monitoring apps to give them a healthy and secure life. 

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