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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/skotman01 on 2025-05-12 17:38:51+00:00.


So my mom, who lives alone and is afraid of her own shadow is worried she’s gonna kick the bucket and no one will find her for days. We talked through a few options but settled on one where we put the companion app on her phone, and I write automation that looks for last updated as a sensor.

It’s on my HA server about 100 miles away, but this allows me to alert people (myself included) if my server hasn’t seen her phone move in say 12 hours. It also lets me add in some automations when she’s at my house and I’m not.

This sure beats the “hey I’m still alive” texts I kept getting, creating alert fatigue.

Anyway, maybe this idea will help someone else.

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