For elderly parents
Senior Safety Band: Fall Detection and SOS for Elderly Parents
More Indian parents than ever are ageing in one city while their children work in another, often in another country. Kavach gives them an always-on lifeline that asks nothing of them: no app to learn, no phone to carry, no screen to squint at. A fall triggers help automatically. A press of one button reaches the whole family.
Why this needs more than a phone
The hardest part of eldercare at a distance is the gap between "something happened" and "someone knew". A fall in the bathroom at 6 am can go undiscovered until the maid arrives at 10, and with falls, those hours decide outcomes. Kavach's accelerometer and gyroscope detect a hard fall and start a 30-second countdown. If it is not dismissed in time, because your parent cannot reach the button, the band raises an SOS on its own, with their location, to up to three family members. Nobody has to find a phone, unlock it, or remember a number while hurt and frightened.
The second problem is technology itself. Smartphone safety apps assume a user who keeps a phone charged, carries it to the bathroom, and can operate it under stress: three assumptions that fail for many people in their seventies and eighties. The band asks for none of that. It goes on the wrist and stays there: 72+ hours per charge, IP68 waterproof so it never comes off for bathing (where many falls happen), its own 4G connection with a pre-activated SIM, and exactly one button that means "I need help".
And it protects independence rather than replacing it. The morning walk, the market, the temple: these are the routines that keep older people healthy, and also the ones families quietly discourage out of fear. Live location and a wrist-worn SOS change that maths. Your parents keep their routines, and you keep the ability to reach them in seconds if a routine goes wrong.
How Kavach is used
Living alone
Automatic fall detection with a 30-second auto-SOS means a fall does not wait to be discovered. It announces itself, with location, to the whole family at once.
Children in another city or abroad
Live location and instant SOS alerts work across any distance. A daughter in Bengaluru or Boston sees the same alert at the same moment as the neighbour who can reach papa first.
The morning walk
The band goes where phones don't get taken: the 5 am walk, the terrace, the bathroom. One press reaches family; a fall reaches them automatically.
Early memory loss
For a parent in the early stages of dementia, geo-fencing alerts you if they leave home unexpectedly, and live GPS ends the nightmare of searching a neighbourhood street by street.
The moments it is built for
The bathroom fall
The most common serious fall in Indian homes happens on wet tile, without a phone in reach. The band is IP68 rated, so it goes into the bathroom, and its fall detection works there.
A missed daily call
When the 7 pm call goes unanswered, the app answers the first questions, where they are and whether anything has been flagged, before panic sets in.
The temple and the market
The daily routine that keeps your parents active, now with a one-press lifeline that travels with them.
Post-surgery recovery
The months after a hip or knee operation are the highest fall-risk window of all. A band is easier to insist on than a full-time attendant.
Wandering risk
Geo-fence the house and colony. If dementia or confusion takes a parent past the boundary, you know in seconds, with a live map.
Common questions
My parents struggle with smartphones. Can they use this?
That is exactly who it is designed for. Your parents never touch an app. The band has no screen to navigate and one button to press. All the technology lives in the Kavach app on your phone: you see their location, get their alerts, and manage everything remotely.
What happens if my mother falls and is unconscious?
The band's accelerometer and gyroscope detect the fall and start a 30-second countdown with a buzz. If she is fine, she dismisses it with a press. If she does not, or cannot, the band automatically sends an SOS with her live location to up to three family members. No button press is required for help to go out.
Does it work in the bathroom, where most falls happen?
Yes. The band is IP68 rated, submersible to 1.5 metres for 30 minutes with no exposed ports, so it stays on through bathing, which is precisely when a phone is furthest away and the floor is most dangerous.
How often does it need charging, and can my father manage it?
A charge lasts 72+ hours, so it is a twice-a-week habit, not a nightly chore. Charging is magnetic: the cable snaps into place on its own with no port to fumble, and reaches 80% in about 40 minutes. Many families charge it during the afternoon rest.
Can our whole family get the alerts?
Yes. Up to three contacts (siblings in different cities, a neighbour, the family doctor's clinic) receive every SOS and fall alert simultaneously, each with live location, so the nearest person moves first and everyone else stays informed.
Reserve a Kavach Band for your parents
Automatic fall detection, one-press SOS, 72-hour battery, nothing for them to learn. Pre-order now; no payment is taken until launch.
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Launching at Kumbh Mela 2026
Don’t let distance become silence
In a crowd of millions, one press connects your family. Kavach debuts at Nashik Simhastha Kumbh, because no parent should ever wonder “where is my child?” and no child should ever feel alone.