Thanks Jess! I appreciate the feedback. I wasn't too sure about the similarities between this and City Care, as there was little description, but I thought it was more about emotional support for patients, while I'm hoping that this project is more about a practical and streamlined system of organizing a call for help specifically in an emergency situation.

Thanks Vanda! Those are all good things to consider, and you are right, maybe there needs to be an incentive included and the ability to avoid unnecessary false alarms. I guess maybe the idea of compensating people, like Task Rabbit, could take away the sense of community spirit, but maybe another rewards system could be put into place that benefits individuals or the community as a whole, such as partnerships with local gyms, fitness centers or health-oriented businesses, so users receive discounts, which promotes the wellbeing of the community.

That's so lovely, thank you for sharing that and for your kind words!!

thank you so much for the positive words!!

I don't think only that caregiver will go away and left person unprotected I mean phone off on the plane, that will be a bit irresponsible.

I would change plane for a common situation like underground or traffic. And one more question, are you going to give all neighbours keys to your home. I think you have to establish here primary contact neighbours. Who live and work nearest to the place where a person lives and you trusted them with your keys or code entrance. This kind of person has to be fully reliable. This project is for communities where people know each other for a very long time. What you will do for big cities like New york or London. How to find friendly neighbours there?. I like really the idea about the neighbours caring for each other.Good luck!

Hi Joyleen,

Thanks for your feedback and questions! So the plane scenario is more as if the caregiver is traveling or knowingly temporarily out of service, so they can adjust their settings so that their neighbors can receive notifications from the home security system instead. This is an application designed for the early-middle phase of caring, where a patient is not yet in need of full-time, live-in care, such as a person in the early stages of dementia or Alzheimer's. The neighbors don't have access or keys, they are just there to make a phone call or knock on the door to say hi and see if everything is okay. In the case of large urban areas, I actually think it isn't too far-fetched since people are often connected through landlords within a complex, and they are actually physically closer to their neighbors than in a town. When I was living in New York, I lived above my landlord's elderly mother, and I would have happily joined in this if he asked me. I also think that people in urban spaces often crave connection, and in my opinion, it's bit of a myth that people in big cities are disinterested in their neighbors. The existence and success of volunteer networks like New York Cares shows that people in large urban spaces really want to connect to their communities and neighbors and actively seek such outlets already, so I hope that they would be interested in something like this!

Best, Madeline

Hi Madeline, thank you for an answer, it looks like London is completely different. I guess all depends on a situation. Good luck with your concept!

Thank you for your kind words!

Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad that you would have used this system!

Thank you for your feedback and suggestions! I thought about that, but this is in itself not a design for the home sensory system or meant to bypass a smart home system, it is meant as a supplementary application or for anytime assistance. A decision can be made on a case-by-case basis to call an ambulance in the event of an emergency, but I came to the conclusion that it would be counterproductive to bypass or obstruct smart home technology systems, because every sensory system functions differently, and there could be the risk of a double call to the police or ambulance. This was more about bringing real people back into our increasingly automated world. The anytime help feature also allows caretakers to use it for even simpler purposes, like if they are stuck somewhere and the patient needs something, but that feature is not meant for extreme emergency scenarios where they should directly call for assistance.