u/supboysz

I'm a physio living away from my parents. They're in their 60s (still healthy, still independent) but I still worry about them every day and feel guilty I can't hang out with them or get them out to be active with me.

A lot of that worry comes from patient sharing things at work

- Parents in their 70s and 80s living alone, telling me about their falls, worries, and isolation
- Adult kids in their 30s and 40s quietly worried about parents a flight away.

Funny how the tables turn when you get older lol. I started working on something for myself, basically a way to have some sense of how my parents are doing without calling and interrogating.

My parents wears the smartwatch they already wear. Twice a week I get a short email, just a few sentences. ‘Mom walked 800 more steps than yesterday. Sleep was steady. Resting heart rate 62, same as usual’

I thought I'd share here incase people thought this was interesting

I'm a physio living away from my parents. They're in their 60s (still healthy, still independent) but I still worry about them every day and feel guilty I can't hang out with them or get them out to be active with me.

A lot of that worry comes from work. I see two kinds of patients constantly:

• Parents in their 70s and 80s living alone, telling me their kids don't really know how they're doing day-to-day.
• Adult kids in their 30s and 40s quietly worried about parents a flight away.

Funny how the tables turn when you get older lol. I started working on something for myself, basically a way to have some sense of how my parents are doing without calling and interrogating.

How it works: my parent wears the smartwatch they already wear. Twice a week I get a short email, just a few sentences. "Mom walked 800 more steps than yesterday. Sleep was steady. Resting heart rate 62, same as usual."

I thought I'd share here incase people thought this was interesting

I'm a physio living away from my parents. They're in their 60s (still healthy, still independent) but I still worry about them every day and feel guilty I can't hang out with them or get them out to be active with me.

A lot of that worry comes from work. I see two kinds of patients constantly:

• Parents in their 70s and 80s living alone, telling me their kids don't really know how they're doing day-to-day.
• Adult kids in their 30s and 40s quietly worried about parents a flight away.

Funny how the tables turn when you get older lol. I started working on something for myself, basically a way to have some sense of how my parents are doing without calling and interrogating.

How it works: my parent wears the smartwatch they already wear. Twice a week I get a short email, just a few sentences. "Mom walked 800 more steps than yesterday. Sleep was steady. Resting heart rate 62, same as usual."

I thought I'd share here incase people thought this was interesting