As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly choose a fall detection device for your parent.

What to actually do

1. Use a tool built for this

   The route this page recommends

2. Do it yourself

   Second choice

   A chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open the NHS and GOV.UK pages relevant to falls, social care and available support, and note any advice that affects your parent’s situation.
   2. Gather the parent’s usual locations, mobile and Wi-Fi coverage, charging ability, dexterity, hearing, sight, willingness to wear the device and who should respond to an alert.
   3. Collect current product pages, brochures and supplier terms for devices available in the UK, including the monitoring arrangement and cancellation conditions.
   4. Paste the gathered details and product information into a chatbot with the copyable prompt, asking it to separate confirmed facts from questions still needing answers.
   5. Contact each shortlisted supplier and ask the prompt’s questions about coverage, alert handling, response arrangements, charging, testing and limitations.
   6. Ask your parent to handle or wear each suitable device and test it at home and in the places where it would be used, without treating the test as proof that the service will always work.
   7. Compare the supplier answers and test observations against the shortlist, then choose only after your parent agrees to use the device and you have recorded who will respond to alerts.

   Prompt

   Help me compare fall detection devices for my parent in the UK. Do not diagnose my parent or claim that any device guarantees help. Use only the product information, supplier links and personal details I provide, and say when a fact is missing or needs checking.
   
   Parent’s situation:
   - Main risks or concerns: [for example, falls indoors, falls outdoors, getting lost]
   - Lives: [alone, with someone, supported housing, other]
   - Typical locations: [home, garden, shops, walks, other]
   - Mobile phone or landline available: [details]
   - Mobile signal and Wi-Fi at home: [details if known]
   - Can charge a device and press a button: [yes, no, uncertain]
   - Willingness to wear a pendant, wrist device or phone: [details]
   - Hearing, sight or dexterity considerations: [details]
   - People or service expected to respond: [family, neighbour, monitoring service, other]
   - Budget and contract preferences: [details]
   - Product links, brochures or quoted terms: [paste them here]
   
   Produce:
   1. A plain-English table comparing the supplied devices by fall detection, manual alarm, two-way communication, indoor and outdoor use, location features, response arrangement, charging, connectivity, setup, cancellation terms and stated limitations.
   2. A shortlist of the most suitable options, with a separate reason for including and excluding each one.
   3. A list of questions to ask each supplier, including what happens after an alert, whether the service works at the parent’s locations, who answers, how quickly they respond, and what happens if the device is not worn or charged.
   4. A practical home and outdoor test plan before relying on the device.
   5. A final list of facts I must confirm with the supplier and with my parent. Do not invent prices, coverage, response times or technical features. If there are urgent or worrying symptoms after a fall, direct me to NHS 111 rather than giving a diagnosis.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

3. Hand it to a person

   The distant third

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.