[thgibbs]

I’m working on https://getvedahome.com

My mother had a stroke a little over a month ago and I don’t live close by. I went in search of a wellness product that would let me know how she’s doing without her feeling I’m prying too much. I didn’t find one, so now I’m trying to build it. I’m also working on moving closer.

[WaitWaitWha]

Have you looked at Home Assistant (HA) as your consolidating platform? I helped set up one in a nursery home with mmWave motion, temp, humidity, switches, electricity flow, etc. If they want to, they can control water faucets, sinks, flushing WC, ceiling fans, heat/cool, plugs and switches.

The beauty is that you just need to find a device with either existing comms "protocol" (e.g., RESTful APIs, MQTT, Zigbee, Z-Wave, BT, BLE, Metter, Wi-Fi) that HA understands, or get one of the many community solutions for others (e.g., LoRaWA, 433MHz, modbus).

[thgibbs]

No, I hadn’t. I appreciate the link! My mom is completely non technical (can barely use an iPad), but this could be a great thing to build on.

[WaitWaitWha]

https://www.home-assistant.io/

the interface can be set up on her phone, a tablet on a wall, and limiting things to giant buttons and displays is very easy for you.

And, you can monitor and be alerted near real time to issues of course.

[thgibbs]

Fantastic! I hope you just solved my issues!