Mobile PERS Offers Profitable Perks
The three age groups typically targeted for Mobile Personal Emergency Response System offerings are: children ages 0 to young adults; middle-aged adults (specifically those starting to see health issues such as diabetes, heart or other chronic problems); and the elderly. There is also a subset of these: lone workers or people who are routinely completely alone or meeting other strangers in the field such as real estate agents. Photo courtesy Rapid Response Monitoring.
Providing Assistance to Elderly
The next group is the elderly. Here we have many of the same issues as the other two groups but with its own set of controls. For example, take an Alzheimer’s patient, not only do you want to geo-fence them but you also want to set speed indicators in case they jump on a bus, take a cab or get a ride from a stranger. The difference is you would speed control them to 25 mph instead of 80 mph. It‘s the same process only different settings.
There have been large strides in devices and services for the elderly. With the baby boomers getting to this stage the market opportunities are significant to say the least. Many systems are now hybrid in that they live in cradles when the subscriber is home but can be picked up and carried anywhere they want to go. With elderly subscribers you have several systems that have onboard health monitoring, activity detection and fall detection.
As technology progresses these services are getting exponentially better to the point where problems are being detected much earlier, becoming a preventative tool capable of detecting issues before subscribers would ordinarily during standard annual medical care checkups. Overall, the elderly are getting significant benefits from this new technology as well as freedom to roam the planet staying connected to caregivers, family and friends.
Never Having to Be Alone
The last group of users of mPERS services is lone workers. They typically work in professions such real estate or those that take them to areas or facilities that are remote and also unmanned, like cell towers or solar farms.
In this category, you are concerned with two things, especially in the real estate market where there are a lot of female agents vulnerable to being assaulted while in a home alone. Having a mobile panic button as well as geo-fencing is a great way to bring peace of mind to employees. The other concern is being a lone worker and getting injured. Sure there are SOS buttons, but lone worker devices can go beyond that to look for a position change. Examples would be the person fell down and is now in a horizontal position or the device has stopped moving for an extended period of time. Both would be a good indicator that a person was in trouble.
In summary, there are a lot of opportunities to provide recurring revenue services across all the age
groups. Security dealers and central stations must understand the various applications and the need to invest heavily in technology to support it all. In the end, there is a pot of gold for those willing to chase it down.
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