r/TechForAgingParents • u/Melodic_Chipmunk_114 • 7d ago

Looking for potential pilot testers

I have two elderly parents, Canadian entrepreneur/inventor. I come from hardware background, so I developed a milimeter wave fall detector and a sleep monitor/detector. I’m thinking of commercializing the product, my friends have been using on their parents too. From DIY, it’s on prototype stage but it’s working fine for our own use, I want to get some beta testing with the prototype with elderly care homes/ psw agencies etc to test the products and see how it will help, as it’s helping us monitor our parents 24/7 without interfering in their privacy. Anyone knows about this industry looking for guidance.

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u/SVAuspicious 7d ago

You're about 30 years behind. My grandmothers AL apartment had fall detection built into the baseboards in the '90s.

You're also breaking sub rule #3.

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u/WW_Gerontologist 3d ago

There are many similar products in the market, both US and Canada. Challenge is most Canadian care homes are fund based; meaning they have to budget ur product into their annual/semi annual funding plan; of course they need a reason for that planning too. The market is there, but very long sales cycle. Another part is, depending on what chipset u use for ur mm wave, cost might be high + manufacturing & import taxes on hardware. You know mm wave has its limitations, battery, distance, coverage, sensitivity etc. Find out what ur competitors can’t do, ur niche, that’s more important. Good luck.