Summary
- Samsung SmartThings Family Care can help you stay on top of your loved one’s medications, appointments, and more.
- Automatic alerts can inform you about daily activity or warn you when there is a deviation from routine.
Modern medicine has proven that people are living longer than ever before, and while that is a great achievement, an aging population also brings new challenges to address. Many adults are increasingly finding themselves involved in some type of caregiver role for older family members. Samsung is introducing some new tools to help address your needs, as it launches SmartThings Family Care In the United States.
Family Care aims to be a one-stop place to stay on top of the needs of the person you’re caring for. For example, you can set up a schedule for their medication or testing regimen, and even receive alerts when it’s time to schedule the next doctor’s appointment.
A major component of Family Care is the way it can keep you remotely informed about a loved one’s status. Instead of having to actively check in, you can receive automatic alerts when their phone detects they’re doing their first activity of the day, letting you know they’re awake and active. On top of that, it can detect when their routine goes a little off track and give you an alert to investigate. There’s also a geofencing component, so you can receive notifications when they arrive or leave a location.
Since this is Smart things After all, Samsung is also giving you a smart home component, and you can make sure the person you’re caring for doesn’t accidentally leave the lights on, or even monitor the air quality to keep them breathing comfortably.
If you have someone to care for in your life and are already a fan of Samsung and its SmartThings ecosystem, give Family Care a try when it becomes available on August 16.