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worried: My late mother lived in a medium-sized New England town. They had on staff at the COA an elder case worker as well as a social worker. But it was standard practice for the police dept. to do well being checks for those elders living alone. Especially if no one has seen the elder in some time or they expect foul play, the fire dept. WILL BREAK DOWN THE DOOR. I do understand that certainly some towns/cities do NOT have the resources to do routine checks. That is just one town's protocol.

One time towards a year or so before I had to leave my state and move in to my mother's house in a state 7 states away from mine, I almost had to have the fire dept. BREAK DOWN HER DOOR. I would call her every day, sometimes multiple times a day. On one particular day, I knew that she had picked up the receiver, but she NEVER SAID HELLO! I asked her why - her response - "I was getting situated." I said not to do that any more as I thought you were on the floor, passed out!
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NeedHelpWithMom Nov 2019
That’s so interesting. I would never have suspected a police department would check on people routinely like that. I think it’s great but here in New Orleans something like that would never happen.
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I just looked up the kitestring app. I had never heard of it. Apparently there are several apps like this. One app even screams loudly. Interesting.
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Hi! I recently launched an app called Doing Fine that is available in the AppStore for iphones.(Soon we'll have Android!) . It's for exactly this situation. Very easy to install and set up and easy to use. Basically you set up check-ins with a friend or loved one and if you check-in it sends a text saying you've successfully checked in and if you don't check-in it sends a text saying you've missed a check-in and something may be wrong. There is no GPS tracking on our app because we value your privacy. Check it out at DoingFineApp.com
And I'd love to know what you think...we're building apps to help people feel connected and this is the first!
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