Wellness Check App for Adults of Any Age Who Live Alone
Living alone is not only a senior issue: nearly 40 million Americans do it. Set a daily wellness check that alerts someone if you ever stop responding.
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TL;DR
A daily wellness check is a simple automated routine: confirm you're okay once a day (or more), and if you don't, your chosen contacts are alerted by email, or by SMS on Survival. It is for anyone living alone, seniors or not, who wants someone to notice if something goes wrong.
Who is this for?
Anyone living alone: remote workers, people who've relocated to a new city, freelancers working from home, individuals with a medical condition, or people whose daily routine doesn't naturally include someone who'd notice their absence within hours.
Why Is Modern Isolation a Safety Risk for People Living Alone?
Remote work, geographic mobility, and urban living mean that millions of people spend most of their time alone, often without anyone who would notice their absence within the same day. This isn’t about age or vulnerability. When you live alone, a fall, a medical event, or even a power outage can become serious if no one checks.
Nearly 40 million Americans live alone (U.S. Census Bureau, 2025). That is 29% of all households, up from 13% in 1960.
Who Should Use a Daily Wellness Check App?
Remote workers
Working from home with no in-person colleagues. If something happens, who would notice, and when?
Expats & relocators
Living in a new city or country where your social network is still forming. Family is far away.
People living alone
Single adults of any age whose daily routine doesn’t naturally include someone who’d check on them.
Medical conditions
Anyone with a condition that could cause sudden incapacity (epilepsy, diabetes, heart conditions) and who lives alone.
How Does a Daily Wellness Check App Work?
Daily notification
15 minutes before the time you choose, you receive a reminder, by email everywhere and as a push notification in the iPhone app (in beta). One tap to confirm you're okay.
Missed time
Didn't see it? A second reminder comes 5 minutes before the time. Once it passes, the server marks the check-in missed within a couple of minutes. On a daily protocol there is no separate buffer, so the check-in time itself carries the margin. Only one-off protocols can hold the alert for a delay you set, up to 48 hours.
Contacts alerted
Your contacts are alerted by email, and by SMS on Survival, within a few minutes of the missed time. They use their PIN to open your pre-written message.
How Often Should You Set Up a Daily Wellness Check?
Once daily
A single check-in per day, morning or evening. Good for routine monitoring.
e.g. every day at 9 AM
Twice daily
Morning and afternoon/evening. Better coverage for higher-risk periods.
e.g. 9 AM + 6 PM
Custom days
Only on specific days, such as weekends, days when you’re alone, or travel days.
e.g. Sat & Sun only
See how Safety Checkpoint handles living alone safety →Explore daily check-in routines and alert protocols for independent living.