Audio only, no cameras
Aging in Place Technology That Actually Helps
The technology that helps most is a short list: a way to reach someone, a way for someone to check in, and reminders at the right time. It works best alongside people.
Aging in place technology that helps is a short list, a way to reach someone, a way for someone to check in and reminders at the right time, and Endurance Technology Solutions, Endurance Home Care's 24/7 virtual care service built on 100% audio technology, adds optional monitoring that listens for events, not conversations.
What’s worth having
Call
A way to reach a person without having to find a phone first.
Check in
A way for someone to check in on the ordinary days between visits, and a team that answers the alert and responds promptly.
Remind
A prompt that a dose is due, at the time it’s due.
Technology that helps is technology someone answers. It helps most when there’s a person on the other end.
A lot of technology is sold for aging in place, and most households only need a little of it. Something that reaches a person when it matters. Something that checks in on an ordinary day. And something that says a dose is due at the right time.
The National Institute on Aging suggests simple reminder systems for medicines: tying doses to meals or bedtime, and using charts, calendars or weekly pill boxes. None of that needs to be high-tech.
AARP’s 2024 Home and Community Preferences Survey found that 75 percent of adults 50 and older wish to remain in their current homes as they age. The National Institute on Aging’s guide to aging in place treats staying home as something to plan, and technology is one small part of that plan. Endurance Technology Solutions is how we offer it, and it sits inside the aging in place family guide.
How Endurance Technology Solutions works
Endurance Technology Solutions is our 24/7 virtual care service, an optional audio monitoring layer. Here’s how it works, in the order a family meets it.
- Setting it up
It plugs in
Setup is plug and play, and we supply the modem, so it doesn’t depend on the household’s own internet. It runs on 100% audio technology, with no cameras in the house. For a parent who doesn’t want to feel watched, that matters.
- Day to day
It listens for events, not conversations
It listens around the clock for sounds that may need attention, not to what people are saying. When it picks something up, an alert goes to the Endurance team so we can respond promptly. It shortens the distance between something happening and a person knowing. It’s an optional part of the care agreement, and your family decides whether to use it. The service page for Endurance Technology Solutions has the details.
- Over time
A care plan that’s kept up to date
The care plan is reviewed on a customized monthly cadence, and with your family whenever needs change. Reminders belong here too, and reminder systems that work are the ones a household keeps using.
Across the national franchise brands competing here, we have not found one marketing an audio-based virtual care layer or a 72 hour hospital to home transition program. Endurance Home Care helps with daily life at home: company, meals, the house, errands, appointments and, where it's needed, hands-on personal care. For skilled nursing, home health aides or physical therapy in Connecticut, our separate company, Endurance Home Health, can help.
A device can let someone know. A caregiver can cook dinner.
What works best is technology alongside people, with each doing its own job.
Audio check-ins and alerts run around the clock, so the gap between a problem and somebody knowing about it is shorter than a phone call nobody made. The Endurance team is told if something may need attention, so a person can follow up.
A caregiver cooks, drives, tidies, keeps your parent company and gives reminders.
One doesn’t replace the other, and many families use both. The same idea runs through fall prevention at home: ordinary steps, kept up every day, help more than any single gadget.
The first days after a hospital stay
The first 72 hours
Endurance Homebound is our plan for the first 72 hours back home after a hospital discharge.
What audio monitoring adds
Optional coverage around the clock between caregiver visits during that time, with alerts reaching the Endurance team so a person can respond.
How to start
One call to the Client Support Line, (203) 936-6847, or request a call online. Ask about both programs on the same call.
The first week home is busy, with new routines and not much sleep. Pairing the two helps: caregiver hours for the work that needs hands, audio monitoring for the hours in between, and one number to call when the plan needs to change. Hospital to home care.
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Questions families ask
What technology helps seniors age in place?
The useful list is short: a way to call for help, a way for someone to check in, and reminders at the right time. Endurance Home Care offers Endurance Technology Solutions, optional 24/7 virtual care built on 100% audio technology, with a plug-and-play setup that listens for events, not conversations. It works alongside caregivers rather than replacing them, and your family decides whether to use it.
What is Endurance Technology Solutions?
Endurance Technology Solutions is Endurance Home Care's optional 24/7 audio monitoring service. It uses audio only, with no cameras, sets up plug and play, and listens for events rather than conversations. If it picks up something that may need attention, it sends alerts to the Endurance team so a person can respond promptly. It pairs with in-person care and customized monthly assessments. It's added to the care agreement only if your family chooses it.
Does technology replace a caregiver for an elderly person living alone?
No, the two do different jobs. Audio check-ins and alerts shorten the time between a problem and a response, letting the Endurance team know if something may need attention between visits. A caregiver cooks, helps on the stairs, drives to appointments and keeps your parent company. Many families use both: monitoring for the hours in between, and caregiver hours for the parts of the day that need a person. Your family decides how much of each. As one Endurance family put it, whenever we need anything they have a solution.
Can ETS help right after a hospital discharge?
Yes, and the two work well together. Endurance Homebound is our plan for the first 72 hours after a hospital discharge, and audio monitoring can add round-the-clock coverage between caregiver visits during that time. Ask about both when you call, and we'll explain how they could fit your parent's first days home.
Let’s talk about what would help at home
Tell us about the hours when nobody’s there and the parts of the day that are hardest. We’ll explain how caregivers and optional audio monitoring could fit together. Home care and 24/7 audio check-ins across Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, from an agency registered in Connecticut and New Jersey. The first conversation is free, and nothing starts until you say so.