Q: You wrote earlier this year that in-home electronic monitoring systems, with sensors that track a resident's movements, will soon be available to consumers as an aid in overseeing frail family members living alone. Where can I get more information?
The article was a follow-up from a prior Work & Family Mailbox piece that had this description:
Overseeing Mom or Dad from afar will get easier.
Two vendors are about to begin marketing in-home electronic monitoring systems to consumers. The systems track a resident's movements through wireless sensors mounted on walls, switches, doors, medicine cabinets or appliances, and alert 24-hour emergency-response workers of irregular activity patterns. Caregivers can monitor the systems via the Internet or request notification of irregularities via email, phone calls or text messages.
