Video: Too Invasive?

Our view is that folks seeking to live independently with the help of caregivers-- whether those caregivers be public or private (family/friends)-- don't want to feel "spied on."

So when we see clever solutions like this from a firm in France, we tend to think it goes in the wrong direction:

EMITALL Elderly Monitoring
The system performs non-intrusive video monitoring thanks to a scrambling functionality (only the outline of the person is visible) with automatic slip and fall detection and non-moving person detection. In case of a fall or immobility, an alarm (SMS, MMS, e-mail...) on client devices (cell phones, smart phones, PDA's...) . Neutral areas can be defined where change detection is not activated to avoid false alarms (bed, sofa,…).

Clearly it's time to take advantage of real-time electronic, two-way communication. The question is where does this helping behavior cross the line to feel, to the resident, like surveillance?