Caregiver Smart Solutions: A Medical Alert With No Wearables

What Is Caregiver Smart Solutions? Pricing and Cost Caregiver Smart Solutions vs. Medical Alert Systems Is It Worth It?

At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, we got an up-close look at a new medical alert system from Caregiver Smart Solutions. Here’s what we learned.

Since the 1970s, personal emergency response devices (also known as medical alert systems) have been helping seniors safely age in place. In the event of a fall or other emergency, these devices give users a quick and simple way to contact help, mitigating the risks of living alone.

Until now, most medical alert systems have required you to wear either a pendant or wristband. Pressing a button on the wearable connects you to a monitoring center, where an agent will assess your emergency and coordinate a response, contacting either first responders or family members.

Caregiver Smart Solutions shakes up this formula in two primary ways.

Caregiver Smart Solutions devices can connect you to monitoring agents, but they also connect to an app where family members can stay updated on your activities.
Caregiver Smart Solutions uses no wearable devices. Instead, it uses a customizable array of sensors that provide notice of falls, movement, and other information to caregivers.

What Is Caregiver Smart Solutions?

Caregiver Smart Solutions offers an array of devices that can help older adults safely live in their homes. In addition to emergency buttons that contact AvantGuard monitoring agents, Caregiver Smart Solutions also include a variety of fall, motion, and temperature sensors that report real-time data to the Caregiver Smart Solutions app.

How It Works

Much like a traditional medical alert system, each Caregiver Smart Solutions system includes one smart hub, commonly known as a base station. This device serves as the center of your system, connecting each of your sensors with the Caregiver Smart Solutions app.

Systems from this company are customizable, allowing you to add sensors as you wish, but every system includes the following sensors and buttons:

Emergency buttons: When pressed, these buttons will immediately send an alert to a monitoring agent who will contact a nearby loved one. If the loved one does not respond, then the agent will contact local first responders.
Movement sensors: When mounted on the wall, these sensors detect movement in the vicinity. They also detect when a person falls.
Temperature and humidity sensors: These sensors detect and report both the temperature and humidity of the room in which they’re placed. By detecting humidity, for example, the app can inform you that your loved one is showering.
Door and drawer sensors: When placed on the edge of a drawer or doorway, they’ll detect whenever someone opens that drawer or door.

Wireless and battery-powered, each of these sensors and buttons can be placed discreetly throughout your home. Connecting with the smart hub, they report real-time notifications to the Caregiver Smart Solutions app.

By using the app, loved ones will receive a live feed of activity from your home. Walking past a sensor, opening a particular door, or using the shower will send notifications to the app, letting your loved ones know you’re up and active. The app can be used by multiple people, allowing your whole family or group of caregivers to stay updated.

Pricing and Costs

Caregiver Smart Solutions systems are on the pricier end. Its starter Core system costs $599.99 and requires a monthly subscription charge of $59.

The Core system includes:

One smart hub
Five movement sensors
One temperature/humidity sensor
Four door/drawer sensors
Three emergency buttons.

For larger homes, you can purchase additional buttons and sensors for $49 each. For each sensor or button added to your system, you’ll have to pay an additional $2 per month. The Caregiver Smart Solutions app, however, is completely free.

Caregiver Smart Solutions vs. Medical Alert Systems

We’re referring to Caregiver Smart Solutions as a medical alert system, but there are some key differences between these systems and a traditional home medical alert.

Caregiver Smart Solutions	Home medical alert systems
Systems require a $599.99 equipment purchase and a monthly $59 subscription payment. Help buttons and sensors are small, discreet, and placed in your environment rather than worn. Sensors report movement, falls, activity, and temperature to caregivers. Emergency buttons trigger a response from monitoring agents.	In most cases, medical alert systems are leased. The cost is lumped together with a monitoring subscription into one monthly charge that averages $20 to $40. Devices are a bit larger, and they require a user to wear either a wristband or pendant. In most cases, caregiver tracking is minimal. Emergency buttons trigger a call to monitoring agents, who can then speak to a user through a medical alert speakerphone.

Caregiver Smart Solutions

Home medical alert systems

Systems require a $599.99 equipment purchase and a monthly $59 subscription payment.
Help buttons and sensors are small, discreet, and placed in your environment rather than worn.
Sensors report movement, falls, activity, and temperature to caregivers.
Emergency buttons trigger a response from monitoring agents.

In most cases, medical alert systems are leased. The cost is lumped together with a monitoring subscription into one monthly charge that averages $20 to $40.
Devices are a bit larger, and they require a user to wear either a wristband or pendant.
In most cases, caregiver tracking is minimal.
Emergency buttons trigger a call to monitoring agents, who can then speak to a user through a medical alert speakerphone.

Is It Worth It?

It’s certainly more costly than most home medical alert systems, but Caregiver Smart Solutions may be a great idea for:

People who spend a majority of time in their home.
People who prefer to not wear a help button.
People who have a loved one nearby for emergency assistance.

To me, the most intriguing part of Caregiver Smart Solutions is the detailed activity tracking. If you have a family member aging in place, then these devices can provide you with accurate updates that let you know your loved one is safe.

Caregiver Smart Solutions offers a 30-day money-back guarantee with its devices, giving you the chance to try it and see if it will work for you or your loved one.

If you’re looking for a traditional medical alert system with similar activity tracking, then check out our review of Aloe Care Health. Additionally, check out our other guides to medical alerts.