LAS VEGAS – January 6, 2019 – For CES 2019 attendees looking for advances in personal healthcare, MobileHelp®, a leader in mobile Personal Emergency Response Systems (mPERS) and healthcare solutions, and LifePod Solutions, will be unveiling a proactive voice service enhanced with emergency response, for older adults aging at home as well as healthcare patients and their caregivers.
The new solution leverages popular smart home speakers to provide users with access to LifePod’s proactive voice dialog management platform – now enhanced with the MobileHelp emergency response system.
By adding the MobileHelp pendant or wrist button to a LifePod subscription, users will be able to summon the help they need – be it a family member or emergency responders – by engaging directly with the LifePod voice-enhanced caregiving platform. When a user presses their emergency button, for example, the LifePod service will ask the user if they need help. In the event of an affirmative answer, or if the user cannot respond, they will be connected to a MobileHelp emergency response center.
“We know that more than 34 million US adults serve as unpaid caregivers to an adult over the age of 50 – and more than half of those receiving care reside in their own homes,” said Rob Flippo, CEO of MobileHelp. “LifePod’s platform allows us to deliver the first fully-integrated, voice-enhanced emergency response system in a ‘virtual caregiver,’ designed to empower people who want to age in place and to provide peace of mind to their caregivers.”
To allow people to maintain independence at home for as long as possible, LifePod expands the capabilities of popular smart speakers with proactive voice user interface technology that makes it easy for caregivers to configure personalized voice dialogs for their patients and loved ones, with the following benefits:
According to Laurie Orlov, founder of Aging in Place Technology Watch, “LifePod takes voice-first services a step further. It will allow users to engage with the device, much like Alexa, but LifePod will also periodically and proactively check-in with them independent of a wake word or voice prompt, at preprogrammed intervals saying, for example: ‘Good morning, Nancy. Did you take your medication?’”
“We are excited to bring the first-ever, proactive-voice, virtual caregiver to market to address the needs of aging adults aging-in-place and other patients and their caregivers, whether they be remote family members or healthcare professionals,” said Stuart Patterson, CEO of LifePod. “Millions of paid and unpaid caregivers are in desperate need of this type of easy-to-use yet powerful service to help them monitor and care for their clients and loved ones when they can’t be there in person.”
The first version of the MobileHelp emergency response-enabled LifePod service will be available in Q2 of 2019. For more news from CES 2019, please visit the company website.
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About MobileHelp:
MobileHelp is a leading provider of mobile Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) and health management solutions. MobileHelp’s PERS devices are integrated with nationwide wireless voice, data and GPS technology to provide real-time medical alert monitoring services and expedited personal emergency assistance. In addition, MobileHelp offers proactive health management services such as activity tracking, medication reminders and a telehealth platform, MobileVitals, for both consumers and healthcare providers. For more information about MobileHelp, please call 1-800-989-9863 or visit the company website at www.MobileHelp.com.
Please direct media inquiries to:
Liz Kohler, 414-828-6198
liz.kohler@mobilehelp.com
About LifePod Solutions
LifePod Solutions is improving the quality of life for caregivers and their loved ones and clients by providing proactive-voice, intelligent and connected services to support aging adults with chronic health conditions or special needs and the elderly as they age in their homes. LifePod’s easy-to-use voice service expands the capabilities of popular smart speakers with patent-pending innovative technology and service that provides natural voice dialogs, configured and controlled by remote caregivers using an online portal. The LifePod Virtual Caregiver service offers proactive, voice-based check-ins and reminders, and encourages users to access other online services (e.g., music, weather, therapy, etc.) to enhance their day and help them feel more connected. The LifePod team, led by veterans in virtual assistant technology, speech recognition, IoT sensors and online services for aging adults, works closely with families, professional caregivers, and senior living facilities to improve health outcomes and reduce the costs of long-term care. To learn more or sign up for the LifePod Beta Program, visit https://lifepod.com.
LifePod Press Contact:
James Alvord, 617 925-1166
james@lifepod.com
