Hong Kong’s senior citizens get new generation of ‘safety phones’ enabled with technology to track their locations

Using location-based technology, carer will be able to monitor the status of its elderly service recipients more swiftly. Last year, 80,000 elderly users made about 2,000 calls a day on average to the NGO, with 100 calls a day requesting ambulance. — SCMP

With the push of a button on mobile phones especially designed for the elderly, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong’s senior citizens have found emergency help for their medical needs, counselling support, and other care services for almost a decade.

Earlier this month, Senior Citizen Home Safety Association launched the third generation of its “safety phone” device, which has been popular among the elderly for nine years.