In-home wellbeing monitoring · Sydney
Fall detection for Mum: nothing to wear, charge, or carry.
A quiet sensor on the wall watches for a fall and the shape of a normal day, then sends a message to your phone if something's not right. No pendant. No camera. We set it up and look after it.
For Mum, Dad, or anyone living on their own.
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The worry every adult child knows.
They want to stay in their own home. You want to know they're safe. Here's how to know an elderly parent is safe living alone, without hovering.
A fall, and no one knows
Most falls happen when no one's around. Hours on the floor before anyone realises is the outcome families dread most.
The pendant in the drawer
Alarms only work if they're worn and the button gets pressed. They come off in the shower, get forgotten, or aren't reached in time.
You can't ring every hour
Calling to check, driving over to be sure, lying awake wondering. It's exhausting, and it still misses the moments that matter.
A camera feels like too much
Nobody wants a camera watching a parent in their own home. It crosses a line most families simply won't cross.
A quiet sensor in the room, not a thing to wear.
Nothing to wear or press
The sensor does the watching. It still works in the shower, at 3am, and on the days a pendant would have been left on the bench.
Private by design
It's a radar-style sensor, not a camera. It can tell movement from a fall without ever taking an image. Their dignity stays intact.
Alerts the whole family
If a likely fall happens, you and whoever you choose get a message straight away. It's never on one person alone to notice.
It watches a normal day, quietly.
Up and moving
Notices they're up and about, around the usual time.
Going about it
Normal movement through the day looks just like it should.
Settling in
Winding down for the night, the way they usually do.
Watching while they sleep
A fall on the way to the bathroom is caught, and you're told.
Why not just a pendant alarm?
Pendants can help, but only when they're worn and the button is pressed. The moments families fear most are exactly when that doesn't happen. Read why families go without a pendant at all ›
Worn pendant Only if worn
- Has to be worn, all the time
- Comes off in the shower, where many falls happen
- The button must be reached and pressed
- Nothing if they're knocked out or confused
In-room sensor Always on
- Nothing to wear, ever
- Covers the bathroom, bedroom and lounge
- Detects the fall on its own, no button
- Watches the whole room, day and night
Funding may cover all of it.
It can be funded as assistive technology under the NDIS and the Support at Home program, which cover the device, install and ongoing monitoring. We're glad to help you and your plan manager or occupational therapist work out what applies.
Check On Mum is a wellbeing and safety service, a backup that alerts the people who care. It is not a medical device and is not a substitute for emergency services. In an emergency, always call 000.
Where this comes from
The primary sources behind the above, so you can check any of it yourself rather than take our word for it:
- My Aged Care, the Australian Government's entry point for aged care assessment and services.
- healthdirect, the national health information service funded by the Australian, state and territory governments.
- healthdirect: falls, its plain English information written for older people and their families.
Questions families ask
Is there a subscription or a monthly fee?
No ongoing subscription is required for the system to keep working. You buy a system you own outright and we set it up for you, all running locally in the home. There's no monthly fee just to keep the fall detection alive. If you ever want us to handle alert delivery or upkeep for you, that's an optional add-on you choose, never a lock-in.
Do we own it, or are we renting it?
You own it. It's your equipment in your parent's home: not rented, not leased, not held to ransom by a monthly bill. We set it up for you and it stays yours, with no lock-in contract. Tell us about the home on the contact form and we'll send a tailored quote to own it outright.
Is there a camera?
No. It's a radar-style sensor that can tell the difference between normal movement and a fall without ever taking a picture. Nothing about how the home looks is recorded or sent anywhere.
Does Mum have to wear or charge anything?
No. The sensor is fixed to the wall and runs on its own. There's nothing to put on, take off, charge or press. That's the whole point.
Is this fall detection without a wearable?
Yes. Check On Mum is non-wearable fall detection. A radar-style sensor on the wall spots a fall by itself, so there's no pendant, wristband or device to wear or charge.
Does it need a smartphone or an Apple Watch?
No. It works without a smartphone or an Apple Watch: nothing goes on the person at all. The sensor sends the alert straight to your phone.
What happens when a fall is detected?
You, or whoever you choose, get an alert on your phone straight away with where and when. You can then call, go over, or get help. You decide who's on the list.
Can more than one person get the alerts?
Yes. Alerts can go to several people at once, you, your siblings, a carer, so it's never on one person alone to notice.
Will the NDIS or Support at Home pay for it?
Often, yes, for eligible participants. It can sit under assistive technology funding, and we're glad to talk it through with you and your plan manager or OT.
What does it cost?
It depends on the home and how many rooms you'd like covered, so we give you a real price rather than guess. Tell us a little on the contact form and we'll come back to you.
You own it. No subscription, no monthly fee.
Most fall alarms keep charging you forever: a monitoring subscription that can cost more than the device and switches the help off the day you stop paying. Check On Mum is the other way round: you buy a system you own outright, we set it up for you, and it all runs locally in the home.
Own it forever
It's your equipment in your parent's home: not rented, not leased, not held to a contract. Once it's in, the fall detection keeps working without a monthly bill keeping it alive.
All local, no lock-in
The sensor and its alerting live in the home, not behind someone else's paywall. No subscription to cancel, no account to lose, no provider that can switch you off.
We set it up for you
No box of parts, no app to wrestle. We come out, place the sensor, set who gets alerted and hand it over working. The only thing you have to do is choose who hears about a fall.
Choose how much is covered.
Every home is different, so we don't list a one-size price. Pick the level of cover that fits, tell us about the home, and we'll come back with a tailored quote to own it outright.
Essential
- One room covered, usually the highest-risk room
- Non-wearable fall detection, no camera
- Alerts to one phone you choose
- We install it and hand it over working
Whole-home
- Multiple rooms: bathroom, bedroom and lounge
- Fall detection plus daily-routine wellbeing alerts
- Alerts to several people at once
- Set-up, placement and hand-over included
Whole-home + support
- Everything in Whole-home, still owned outright
- Optional ongoing upkeep and alert delivery handled by us
- Adjusted as the home or routine changes
- A choice, never a lock-in: the sensor works either way
Honest note: a small optional plan is available if you'd like us to handle alert delivery and ongoing upkeep for you, but it's a choice, never a requirement, and the fall detection works whether or not you take it.
Stop lying awake wondering.
Tell us about the home and what worries you. We'll explain your options, including funding.
Talk to us