At-Home Medical Alert System
An elderly monitoring system for the place falls most often happen: home. A base station with a loud two-way speaker, plus a waterproof button you wear as a bracelet or necklace. From $29.99/month CAD with a landline, or $39.99/month CAD without one (checked 17-Jul-2026).
What do you get with the at-home system?
Everything you need to get help fast, without touching a phone. The base station connects you to a trained Canadian operator, 24 hours a day.
A button you never charge
The wearable button’s battery lasts 3 to 5 years. There is nothing to plug in, remember or maintain — wear it and forget it.
Waterproof where it matters
The button is water resistant, so it goes with you into the shower and bath — where many falls at home happen.
Coverage through the whole home
The button reaches the base station up to about 1,200 feet away — enough for most houses, the garden and the driveway.
Keeps working in a power cut
A 24-hour backup battery keeps the base station on during an outage, exactly when the risk at home goes up.
Landline or no landline
Have a phone line? The landline model is the least expensive plan. No line? The LTE model connects over the 4G cellular network instead.
Optional automatic fall detection
Add a fall-detection wearable for $9.99/month CAD. It can call for help even if you can’t press the button. How fall detection works.
What does a day with it look like?
You put the pendant on with your glasses in the morning and stop thinking about it. It’s with you making lunch, on the basement stairs with the laundry, out back watering the tomatoes. Your daughter stops calling “just to check” — she calls to catch up. And on the one bad morning when your hip gives out on the bathroom tile, you press the button, and a calm voice fills the room: “Hi Margaret, I see you’ve pressed your button. Are you alright?” Help is organized before the kettle would have boiled.
That’s the product. Not the electronics — the part where you keep living in your own house, on your own terms.
What’s in the box?
- Base station with two-way speaker and 6-foot power cord
- Waterproof help button, worn as a bracelet or necklace — your choice
- Setup guide in plain language (plug it in, press once to test — that’s the setup)
Equipment, activation and shipping are $0 on the standard 24-month monitoring term (checked 17-Jul-2026).
Specifications
| Monthly price | $29.99 CAD (landline) / $39.99 CAD (LTE, no phone line) — prepay discounts available |
|---|---|
| Button range | Up to ~1,200 ft from the base station |
| Button battery | 3–5 years, no charging |
| Button size | 1.3″ × 1.5″ × 0.5″, 0.6 oz |
| Base station | 6.4″ × 6.3″ × 2.75″, plugs into a wall outlet |
| Backup battery | 24 hours |
| Water resistance | Button is shower-safe |
| Fall detection | Optional wearable, +$9.99/month CAD |
| Monitoring | 24/7, Canadian monitoring centre, two-way voice |
Specs are Senior Protection’s published figures, checked on 17-Jul-2026.
Common questions about the at-home system
Does it work if the power goes out?
Yes. The base station has a 24-hour backup battery, so monitoring continues through a typical outage. The wearable button doesn’t depend on house power at all — its own battery lasts 3 to 5 years.
What if I don’t have a landline?
Choose the LTE model at $39.99/month CAD. It connects through the 4G cellular network, so it needs no phone line and no internet — just a wall outlet. Read more: Do you need a landline for a medical alert system?
Can two people in the same home be covered?
Yes. The system supports more than one user — a second wearable button can be added so a couple shares one base station and one plan. Call us for current second-user pricing.
Will it reach the garden or garage?
Usually, yes. The button works up to about 1,200 feet from the base station — for most homes that covers the yard, garage and driveway. If you spend real time away from home, look at the on-the-go pendant instead.
Not sure between at-home and on-the-go? Compare all three systems.