A senior living alone or going out needs a way to call for help after a fall or when feeling unwell – and the family needs to know where they are. The eHelper wristband has an SOS button with call-back and its own SIM card, so it works as an intercom without a phone, detects falls and shows in the app the area where the person currently is. It also measures blood pressure, pulse and oxygen saturation. Measurement is continuous – the band is worn 24 hours a day. It works only together with an eHelper control unit (HOME, PROFI or INDIVIDUÁL kit), not on its own. Unlike the eHelper kits, which watch the home, the band watches the person directly – outside the home too. It suits home care, residential care and field services.

The family of a working person cannot be with a lonely parent all day, yet needs to know they are all right. The eHelper HOME kit is installed in the flat: a control unit with its own internet, motion sensors, a door contact and an emergency button follow the normal daily routine – when the senior gets up, when they move around, whether they went out and came back. Monitoring is continuous, 24 hours a day, and the senior wears nothing. The system learns behaviour patterns by itself and, in an unusual situation such as long inactivity, sends the family or carer a notification or SMS. Unlike the eHelper wristband it watches the space, not the person; unlike the PROFI kit it is intended for one household. It suits home care and sheltered housing.

A home-care service or sheltered housing has dozens of clients and staff cannot be with each one; yet it must prove that it cares for clients and reacts in time. The eHelper PROFI kit brings the same principle as the home kit – a control unit with LTE modem, motion sensors and a door contact follow the client's routine continuously, without wearing anything – but it is intended for organisations that manage many clients in one app and provide 24/7 supervision as part of the service. Monitoring is continuous. The system learns the client's habits and alerts staff on deviation. Unlike the HOME kit it is built for an organisation's operation, not a family's; unlike the Anume mat it watches the whole flat, not just the bed. It suits residential care, field home-care services and sheltered flats.

In patients with suspected arrhythmia or episodic symptoms, the ECG must be captured at the moment the symptoms occur. KardiaMobile 6L is a small pad with no cables or electrodes: the patient places the thumbs on the top electrodes, rests the bottom one on a bare knee or ankle, and after 30 seconds has a 6-lead recording equivalent, for rhythm assessment, to the limb leads of a hospital ECG. Measurement is episodic. Of the three models in this section it is the smallest, lightest and simplest to operate. It records limb leads only and therefore serves to capture arrhythmias; assessing ischaemia requires the chest leads of HeartPal or D-Heart. It suits patients at home and field services wherever regular rhythm monitoring is needed.

A full 12-lead ECG used to mean a device with cables, adhesive electrodes and trained staff. HeartPal E-10 has all electrodes built into the device body: it is placed on the chest, the patient holds it with the palms on the side electrodes, and the recording is complete in about 12–15 s. Measurement is episodic and controlled from the phone app; the device has no display. Unlike KardiaMobile 6L, which records limb leads only, its chest leads also capture signs of ischaemia and myocardial infarction. Unlike D-Heart 8/12, no electrodes need to be attached. The manufacturer intends it for home use and lay operators as well as for professionals who need a fast, compact solution. It serves from screening of seniors in residential care, through field services, to an emergency device at a cardiac patient's home. Its main advantages are speed, simplicity and a light plastic body.

D-Heart replaces a conventional electrocardiograph wherever a full ECG with chest leads is needed in pocket format. The device hangs around the patient's neck, six disposable electrodes are attached to the chest – the app uses the phone camera to show exactly where – and the recording is complete in 12 seconds. Measurement is episodic. Unlike HeartPal it requires attaching electrodes, but thanks to standard placement it delivers, in professional mode, all twelve leads in the same form as a hospital ECG, allows longer recordings and export to a standard format. Unlike KardiaMobile it also captures ischaemia. The manufacturer intends it for hospitals, general practices and home care: in patient mode it records 8 leads automatically, in professional mode 12.

Regular blood pressure measurement is the basis of hypertension monitoring and treatment control, yet a standard cuff is often applied incorrectly and the result is unreliable. Omron M4 Intelli IT has the Intelli Wrap cuff (22–42 cm), which measures correctly regardless of its rotation on the arm, plus cuff-wrap and body-movement guides on the display. Measurement is episodic and starts with one button; Intellisense inflates the cuff only to the pressure needed. The device flags irregular heartbeat and high blood pressure. It is clinically validated, including in diabetics and in pregnancy. Unlike Omron Complete it does not record an ECG – it is the basic monitor for daily checks wherever ECG is not needed. It suits hospital wards, outpatient clinics, residential and field care and patients at home.

A drop in oxygen saturation is an early sign of deterioration in lung and heart disease and in infections, and catching it must not depend on whether staff have time to write the value down. Omron P300 Intelli IT clips onto a finger, shows SpO₂ and pulse within seconds and sends the values via Bluetooth. Measurement is episodic, a single spot check – the manufacturer does not intend it for continuous monitoring. The device is clinically tested, light and latex-free; it switches itself off when the finger is removed. Of the basic measurement set it is the fastest check: no cuff, no patient preparation. It suits any setting where saturation is measured repeatedly in many people – on the ward, in residential care, in the field and at home.

Measuring temperature in many people one after another – on a ward, in residential care or in children – runs into hygiene and time: a conventional thermometer must be disinfected and takes tens of seconds. Beurer FT 95 measures by infrared from the forehead at 2–3 cm without touching, the result appears within seconds, and colour LED signalling (green, yellow, red) shows at a glance whether the temperature is normal, raised or feverish. Measurement is episodic. Unlike Omron Eco Temp it needs no body contact and suits restless or sleeping patients; conversely Eco Temp is the cheaper choice for one patient at home. It suits temperature screening at entry, in the clinic, on the ward and in the field.

A patient who measures their own temperature regularly does not need a non-contact device – a reliable digital thermometer that does not forget the result is enough. Omron Eco Temp Intelli IT measures in 40 seconds under the arm or in the mouth, signals the end of measurement by sound and light and passes the value to the app. Measurement is episodic. Unlike Beurer FT 95 it requires body contact and a longer measurement, but it is considerably cheaper and more accurate where one patient is followed over time – convalescence, chronic disease, home care. For screening many people in succession the non-contact Beurer is the better choice.

Drops in saturation during sleep – in sleep apnoea or COPD – are missed by a spot-check oximeter because they occur at night when nobody is measuring. The O2Ring is a soft silicone ring worn on the finger that records SpO2 and pulse every second all night; if the value drops below the set threshold it wakes the patient quietly by vibration, without a sound that would disturb others. Measurement is continuous and runs by itself. The recording is transferred via Bluetooth to the app and to PROFI-LOG, where the physician sees the whole night's trend. Unlike the Omron P300 Intelli IT fingertip oximeter in our range it does not take spot readings but monitors continuously for up to 16 hours; unlike the CardioWatch 287-2 wristband it tracks only SpO2 and pulse, but is smaller and lighter (15 g). It is suited to patients with suspected sleep apnoea or chronic lung disease at home, residential care and hospital wards for overnight monitoring.

Glucose monitoring in a diabetic stands or falls on how reliably values are recorded and whether the patient understands what they mean. Accu-Chek Instant measures glucose from a 0.6 µl drop of blood in under 4 seconds and the colour scale on the display shows at once whether the result is below, within or above the target range. Measurement is episodic. Strips need no coding; the meter is ready after setting time and date. Unlike Istel ABRA smart BT it also works with venous, arterial and neonatal blood and has a larger memory; ABRA is the simpler choice for home self-monitoring. It suits everything from hospital wards through residential care to the patient at home.

For a diabetic who measures several times a day, simplicity matters, and so does getting results to the doctor without transcription. Istel ABRA smart BT measures glucose from a 0.5 µl drop in 5 seconds and sends it via Bluetooth to the app. Measurement is episodic. The sample can be taken from the finger, palm or forearm, sparing sensitive fingertips. The meter is part of the Polish Istel Care telemedicine system and runs on two ordinary AAA batteries for about 2,000 measurements. Unlike Accu-Chek Instant it is intended for capillary blood only – it is the choice for self-monitoring at home and in residential care, not for clinical sampling.

In seniors, patients with obesity, heart failure or on dialysis, occasional weighing is not enough – the trend matters, and the value must reach the record without transcription. Omron VIVA weighs the patient and, by bioimpedance analysis, determines body fat, visceral fat, skeletal muscle, resting metabolism and BMI. Measurement is episodic; the scale switches on when stepped on and sends results via Bluetooth. It is clinically validated against reference methods and recognises up to 4 users plus a guest. It suits clinics, residential and field services and the home – wherever weight and body composition are to reflect the course of a condition.

In the clinic and on the ward, a patient's weight must be measured with a verified instrument, and height is also needed to calculate BMI. The KERN MPN 200K-1HM combines both: a column scale up to 250 kg with 100 g readout, approved as a medical device under Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and verifiable in class III, and a height rod 89–205 cm that pulls out of the column. Measurement is a spot reading. The value is transferred via WiFi to PROFI-LOG without transcription. For patients who cannot stand still it has a Hold function; the parent–child function also weighs an infant held in the arms. Unlike the Omron VIVA and Soehnle Shape Sense Connect 200 it does not measure body composition, but unlike them it is officially verifiable and has a height rod and a large non-slip platform. It is suited to clinics, hospital wards and residential care; it has transport wheels for moving between rooms.