Alexa Together helps you take care of your loved ones
Independence is a top priority for most aging seniors, and for their families as well. A new program from Amazon for Alexa addresses this directly.
Alexa’s Care Hub is a trusted option in the Alexa app that allows family members to stay informed on their older loved one’s activity (with prior permission from the loved one, of course!)—including getting an alert if the loved one has called out for help.
The augmented Alexa Together service expands on those free features with new ones.
Allowing multiple people to join in the support system—ideal when multiple people are involved in care giving. The feature allows for siblings, friends, even involved neighbors to be added to the support system. This latter feature is especially nice if family members don’t live nearby.
Creating reminders on loved ones’ devices—ideal for things like taking medicines and doctors’ appointments, but also reminders for social events, family zoom calls, you name it.
Allowing participants to remotely add contacts to the family member’s Alexa account, so they can call anyone hands-free, with ease.
Giving access to a hands-free 24-7 emergency hotline. If the family member has an emergency at home, like a fall, they can ask Alexa to call for help. The people connected to the account will get an alert as well, so they can jump in to help. (This is why having a trusted neighbor is great!)
Amazon is offering Alexa Together for free for six months, and then charges $19.99 per month to continue the service. It’ll be available later this year (US only), and you can learn more about it here and sign up to get notified when it’s released.