{"id":2284,"date":"2025-04-30T09:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.careium.com\/en\/?post_type=testimonial&p=2284"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:49:12","slug":"mobile-social-alarm-ostersund","status":"publish","type":"testimonial","link":"https:\/\/www.careium.com\/en\/about-us\/success-stories\/mobile-social-alarm-ostersund\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00d6stersund mobile social alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Making life easier with GPS watches<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

In \u00d6stersund, Sweden, the municipality has worked hard to make technical aids, such as night vision cameras and GPS alarms, a natural part of the everyday lives of the elderly. \u00d6stersund municipality is facing similar challenges to those faced by many municipalities across Europe as the number of senior citizens grows. Care requirements are increasing and it is not easy to find sufficient staff resources.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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We can only see advantages with this product.<\/p>\n \u00c5sa Trolle, Unit Director, \u00d6stersund municipality<\/cite>\n <\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The advantages of the GPS watch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One aid that is highly appreciated by users in \u00d6stersund is the GPS watch Careium<\/a>, which has a positioning alarm and built-in speaker to communicate with the person using the watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can give the elderly a GPS watch and the security of knowing they can alert us if something happens. The positioning function enables us to locate the person, and we can also phone them. We can only see advantages with this product,\u201d says \u00c5sa Trolle, Unit Director at \u00d6stersund municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holiday help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Careium GPS watch<\/a> currently helps more than 420 users in \u00d6stersund. The number is growing rapidly. There are numerous examples of how it has made life easier for both users and relatives. With assistance from the municipality, a couple on holiday in Spain were able to set a new home address in the watch belonging to the husband, who suffers from dementia \u2013 to the hotel resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe wife phoned and explained that she had never had such a good holiday and that she could relax the whole time. She was almost crying when she called and explained how good it had been. That\u2019s how we know we have found the right solution,\u201d says \u00c5sa Trolle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2986,"template":"","testimonial_category":[],"class_list":["post-2284","testimonial","type-testimonial","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/testimonial\/2284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/testimonial"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/testimonial"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.careium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/testimonial\/2284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5174,"href":"https:\/\/www.careium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/testimonial\/2284\/revisions\/5174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.careium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"testimonial_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.careium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/testimonial_category?post=2284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}