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Safety & Falls

More than a fall alarm

Safety & Falls

Fall detection without a camera

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The Silvie app showing a parent is up and slept through the night

Guide

How to know if an elderly parent living alone is okay

The three daily signals that actually matter, what phone calls and wearables miss, and how to check without a camera.

Morning light on a kitchen table with a cup of tea and a folded newspaper

Guide

How to check on an elderly parent without calling every day

The two facts most families actually need each morning, why the daily call stops working, and quieter ways to know they are okay.

Two siblings' hands at a kitchen table, one phone between them

Guide

When an elderly parent hides a fall

Why parents downplay falls, the signs nobody mentions, and how a shared record ends the family argument.

Card reading stay with the child who is unwell, or drive across town because the alarm went off again

Story

Caring for aging parents and children at the same time

A caregiver of twenty years on the evening with no right answer, and what actually reduces the load.

An open drawer of switched-off medical alert pendants and old fitness bands

Story

The drawer

Every family has the drawer of dead pendants and bands nobody wears. Why wearables go unused, and what actually helps a parent stay home.

Adam telling his story on camera

Story

Adam's story

“My mom is kind of all I have.” A son on caring for a parent who lives alone, in his own words.

Story

A daughter's story

Real families, in their own words. The moment they decided to act, and the relief that followed.

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Family & Caregiving

Caring for a parent from far away

Family & Caregiving

Talking to a parent who refuses help

The App

Inside the Silvie app

Safety & Falls

More than a fall alarm

Comparisons

Do you really need a subscription?

Safety & Falls

Fall detection without a camera

Privacy

Is my parent being watched?

Safety & Falls

The first fall: what to do next

Safety & Falls

Keeping an aging parent safe at home

Safety & Falls

When a parent lives alone overnight

Comparisons

The pendant your parent won't wear

Comparisons

Medical alert watch or home sensor?

Family & Caregiving

When one sibling carries the load

Family & Caregiving

When a parent is suddenly living alone

Family & Caregiving

Early dementia at home

The App

Too many alerts is its own problem

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