Personal and home remote monitoring systems and products can assist caregivers by tracking changes in care recipients’ health and behavior while providing real-time information about their safety and whereabouts. These systems typically require minimal effort from the care recipient and are straightforward for caregivers to set up and use.

If both you and your loved one have smartphones, apps like Life360 offer real-time location tracking, driving reports, and arrival and departure notifications.

If your loved one does not use a smart device, tracking devices such as Tile, AirTag, and SmartTag can be attached to a keychain or placed inside a wallet or purse, allowing easy monitoring through the caregiver’s phone. For those not using the latest smartphones, Lively products might be a suitable option.

If tracking your loved one’s health conditions and location is important to you, you may want to consider wearable technology like the Apple Watch, Fitbit, or Galaxy Watch for heart, sleep, steps, exercise, and stress monitoring.

For simple video surveillance, motion detection, and audio communication, cameras from Ring and Blink are easy to set up and generally affordable. For more comprehensive monitoring, systems from Livindi, SiMPL Technology, and Aloe Care Health offer various features, including bed monitors, fall detectors, help buttons, and carbon monoxide and smoke detectors.