I like that she can see who is pulling into the driveway or sitting on her doorstep via real-time video
My mother is eighty-two years old and still in tremendous physical shape, and she is mentally as shapr as ever and lives a particularly independent lifestyle. She serves on the neighborhood board, volunteers at the Borders, plays bingo every Wednesday, mows her own turf and has dinner with friends at least once per week, but while she shows no signs of slowing down, I worry about her living alone, i make sure to either stop by and see her, call or text at several times a day, and for my own peace of mind, I decided to invest into a security system for her. I started researching strange types of motion-activated lights, alarms, monitoring companies and surveillance cameras, and the more I read up on available options, the more I became convinced that a whole-dwelling automation system was the right answer. I was a bit sad that my mother would have some trouble operating it, and although she manages a smartphone, computer and iPad, she struggles with particular aspects of new technology, however once the automation system was implemented, there were a few complications with her setting the alarm off. She also got angry with regulating indoor temperature. At one point, she had all the windows open and heat pouring out of the vents in July. She’s not gotten accustomed to the many features of the automation system and prefers it. She’s saving currency on biweekly energy bills, spending less time decreasing many systems and enjoying greater convenience. I like that she can see who is pulling into the driveway or sitting on her doorstep via real-time video. I am relieved that she has a panic button in case of emergencies.