An illustrative scenario.
Margaret is 71. Lives in a small bungalow in Kingston, by herself, since her husband Tom passed in 2019.
Two kids — Aaron in Ottawa, Beth in Halifax. They both have their own lives, their own kids, their own jobs.
Margaret is independent and a little stubborn about it. She doesn't ask for help. She wouldn't dream of asking the kids to call every day "to check on her." She tries not to be a burden. Has always been that way.
It wasn't an emergency. It wasn't a fall. It wasn't anything specific.
Margaret realized, sometime in the second year after Tom died, that she had been hoping the kids would call more — but never saying so. And feeling guilty for hoping it. And tired of feeling guilty.
It started as a question to herself: what would let me know I'm okay every day, without making anyone do anything for me?
She saw an ad for MyDailyCheck. She read about it. She didn't tell the kids she was looking.
Margaret signed up by herself. The whole thing took about ten minutes on her phone.
She picked 8:30 AM because she's usually had tea by then. She picked the "Patient" personality because she liked the slower voice.
For her contact tree, she put Aaron first, Beth second. Then her neighbour Carol. She set a 60-minute escalation.
She told Aaron about it after she'd been on it for a week. "It's just a little daily thing. You'll know I'm alright. You don't have to do anything."
The phone rings at 8:30. She picks up. She presses 1. She makes her tea.
Aaron looks at the dashboard most mornings. He says it's settled something for him he didn't realize was unsettled.
Beth has the app on her phone. She checks it on her way to drop the kids at school.
Margaret says the part that matters most is what hasn't changed. She still calls the kids when she has news. She still doesn't ask for help.
“A little voice. A button. Done. I didn't have to ask anyone for anything.”
— Margaret, 71 (illustrative)
If you've ever felt like asking for help would be imposing — on anyone — MyDailyCheck is built for that. You set it up. You set the rules. Nobody has to do anything for you.
More for seniors →No. I did it myself online in maybe ten minutes. The monthly cost is twenty dollars.
At first my daughter thought I should have told her before I did it. After a week she thanked me. She said she sleeps better.
You cancel. Like Netflix. It's a subscription.
Because asking was the problem. This way I don't have to.
First check-in goes out tomorrow morning, at the time you choose.