SecureLife in Action
User Profiles
Discover how the SecureLife app transforms everyday scenarios by offering real-time support and safety features designed to improve outcomes in critical moments. Below, you’ll find real-life situations where SecureLife’s innovative technology can make all the difference, providing peace of mind when it’s needed most.
Dating
Who amongst us hasn’t worried about being alone on a date? Let’s face it: people are not always who they initially presented themselves as, especially if you met online. If you’re in a secluded place, it can be difficult to get away easily. I’ve heard horror stories of women having to climb out bathroom windows to escape, and there’s a legit thing called an Angel Shot.
Even if you’re in a public place, things can still go very awry. Nightclub fires, being ganged up on by several people, the list goes on. If you asked a friend to call you during the date, or when you’re supposed to have arrived home, this doesn’t always work. Even the most well-intentioned people forget sometimes.
With SecureLife, you needn’t rely on friends, or worry. Simple set multiple CheckOns – one for sometime after the date is to begin, another a while later, maybe even another after that, and one for when you are supposed to be home by. With the tap of your screen, SecureLife knows you’re safe. If you don’t reply, though, or reply that you need help, SecureLife will use the location you set up with the CheckOn (future versions will use your phone’s location) to summon assistance. Gone are the days when you need to worry about your safety on a date. SecureLife will always have your back.
Outdoor activities
Think of all the things you like to do alone, or all the times you are alone: Camping, hiking, road trip, ice fishing, going on a motorcycle ride through the mountains or along the ocean, fishing, or even going for a jog through a nearby park.
Every time I think of all the ways in which this app could have altered the outcome of a situation, I think of Chelsea King. (Google her).
I was tutoring a lot when she went missing, and had to meet a 15 year old girl that Sunday night to help her with physics. There were signs plastered all over where we were meeting, “Have you seen Chelsea King?” Tutoring so many young ladies, it really hit home with me how easily this could have been one of them.
There are hundreds of other scenarios for outdoor activities in which SecureLife can make a difference: you drive your car off the road, hit a deer, break your ankle, get lost hiking, fall off your motorcycle, encounter a bear, or a rattlesnake, and more.
Simply set multiple Check Ons before departure, every half hour or so, for where you think you’ll be at that time. SecureLife will text you, asking you if you’re OK. If you don’t answer, or say you need help, SecureLife will summon help to the location you’re at. Future versions will use location on your phone to determine where to send assistance.
Women alone
The very sad reality is that many women, especially young ones, are preyed upon. Sex trafficking, in particular, is a problem for women.
I read an article recently, where a young woman went to the beach alone at night, but never left her car. The parking lot was empty, save for her car. When she parked, another car came and parked beside her. She moved her car, the other car parked beside her again. She called the police, and was told she was being targeted for sex trafficking. The police came and made sure she got home ok.
Unfortunately, police aren’t always as available as we’d like. With the SecureLife app, simply set CheckOns for each stage of wherever you are outside the home: did you get to work OK, school OK, home OK? Set them for as often as you like, specifying a location for each. If you don’t answer affirmatively, SecureLife will start blowing up phones to get you to safety. Future versions will use your phone’s location to know exactly where to send help.
Domestic Violence victims
There are far, far, far too many instances of domestic violence victims being unable to get help fast enough, or to get the evidence needed to put their abuser in jail or prison.
Imagine a scenario where you come home from work to what you think will be a quiet evening of dinner and watching TV. For some inexplicable reason, the abuser gets set off, and, the next thing you know, you are taking punches to the face and being screamed at. With the SecureLife app’s ability to set unlimited CheckOns, you can set CheckOn requests for every 10 minutes if you so desire. If you don’t answer that you’re OK, or don’t answer at all, help will be summoned. In future versions, the plan is to enable users to establish a code word that, if yelled, triggers the SecureLife app to call police. We also plan to integrate the SecureLife app with home security systems and Internet of Things (i.e. Smart devices) that could voice activate and/or use AI to detect domestic violence, and summon help.
It is long past time we put an end to Domestic Violence, and SecureLife is here to do everything in its power to further that mission.
Elderly
How much time do we spend worrying about aging parents? Other apps only check on once a day and, if you know anything about caring for an aging parent, you know that things can go south really fast. 24 hours is far too long to wait for the next check on.
A sad statistic is that, while life monitoring systems are readily available, only 10% of elderly have them, and 60% of the people without one cite cost as the reason. Let’s face it: if you’re living on Social Security, a $60/month life monitoring system is likely not in the budget.
Another factor is that life monitoring systems require action on the part of the user. The user either must fall or press a button to get help. Ask me how well this worked for my mother when she nearly died of pneumonia two years ago.
SecureLife is a passive response system. CheckOns can be set as often as desired, and no response to the CheckOn means summon help. For 1/12th the cost of a life monitoring system, your aging parent can have a system that brings assistance with no action required by him or her.
Children
Checking to ensure children arrive home safely from school is a part of every parent’s daily routine.
How many times have you had to scurry out of a meeting in order to call home to your children? Statistics show that it takes 23 minutes to refocus on a task once interrupted. Cortisol responses by the body increase with every distraction, and contribute to a less responsive immune system.
By handling the CheckOn task for you, knowing that you will be the first person contacted if your child doesn’t respond, SecureLife enables you to remain focused on your tasks, less distracted and stressed, and to have a happier and more healthful life.
Home Activities
We think of home as our comfort zone and safe place, yet many accidents or serious medical events occur in the home.
In 2022, 78% of all preventable injury-related deaths occurred in homes and communities.
Trauma is leading cause of death in people 45 and under
Nearly 90% of cardiac arrests occur outside a hospital, and the mortality rate increases 10% for each 1 minute of delayed assistance.
EMS response times average 7 minutes in urban areas, but this increases substantially in rural areas.
Only about 38% of stroke patients arrive at the emergency room within the 3-hour window needed for optimal treatment.
SecureLife helps in all these situations, by summoning help from community members, and even nearby healthcare workers, if available. As always, if you don’t answer a Check On, help is summoned automatically.
Recovery and Illness
Being home recovering from surgery, or getting over an illness or accident leaves you vulnerable. One minute you’re fine, the next minute, you’re in a world of hurt. No one likes having to go to a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), so most people try to recover at home. Unless you’re fortunate to have someone who can be home with you 24/7, chances are you’re going to be left alone for several hours per day.
With SecureLife, you’re never really alone. Simply set multiple CheckOns for throughout the day – every hour, perhaps. Or every hour until time for your afternoon nap, then one for when you would normally awake from that. If you need help, simply press a button, or don’t respond. Either way, help will be summoned to your location.
Do It Yourselfers
As I mentioned in the “Home Activities” profile, many accidents or serious medical events occur in the home.
Do It Yourselfers are in that constant struggle between wanting something done, and the budget. Hanging Christmas lights is a perennial favorite for injuries.
- Injury type: The most common injury is a fracture, which accounts for 34% of all holiday-related falls.
- Injury location: The most common locations for injuries are falls from ladders, roofs, furniture, and slipping or tripping.
- Injury peak: The peak day for injuries is usually the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
- During a two year period the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported over 17,000 injuries in the United States involving the hanging of Christmas lights. Of those 17,000 injuries, nearly 7,500 were injuries from a ladder and an additional 2,300 injuries occurred from a roof. Approximately 62% were 20-49 years old and males were 40% more likely than females to be injured.
Be it hanging Christmas lights, cleaning out gutters, shoveling snow, home remodeling, home electrical or plumbing work, moving, or just relocating a box, the home is rife with opportunities for serious injury. SecureLife always has your back. Simply request CheckOns frequently throughout your task. Instead of potentially laying on the floor for hours, with a possibly life threatening head injury, SecureLife is there for you. No need to press a button or login to your phone. No answer to a CheckOn means send help.
Drug Users
The very ugly truth is that there is a fentanyl epidemic in the United States. Within the space of three months in 2016, two family members of friends died of drug overdoses. That is just me. I know of at least one other instance causing the death of a friend of a relative a few years ago.
Elder Abuse
In the same vein as domestic violence, though perhaps more difficult to escape from, is elder abuse.
- According to the National Center on Elder Abuse, about 1 in 10 older people in the United States experience some form of abuse each year.
- Only about 1 in 14 cases of elder abuse are reported to the authorities.
- Elder abuse can have serious consequences, including physical injuries and long-term psychological effects.
- It’s possible for individuals to experience multiple forms of abuse at the same time or over time.
- Abuse rates are high in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Understaffing is a chronic issue that can lead to higher rates of abuse.
- Psychological abuse is common, affecting around 11.6% of the elderly. In institutional settings, the rate is much higher, at around 33.4% as reported by the elderly and 32.5% as reported by staff.
- Studies suggest that elder abuse increased in severity during the COVID-19 pandemic, with one study finding that abuse doubled to 1 in 5.
Stargazing and Astronomy
I like to think I saved the best for last. If you know me, you know I am an avid and longtime amateur astronomer, and find great solace in exploring the night skies through one of my six telescopes.
I prefer not to go stargazing alone, though I have done it. As I think anyone would, I get a little creeped out being in the middle of nowhere, pitch black, alone and wondering what/who might be out there. A few months ago, a “Man or Bear” discussion ensued on social media, wherein women were asked if they had to be alone in the woods with a man or a bear, which would they choose.
I have always found fellow astronomers to be quite welcoming and even very helpful to me. Men have always “looked out after” me when I’m out stargazing alone, so I’ve never really worried. My bigger concerns are the non-astronomers who might be nearby, and the road to and from my Super Secret Observing Spot. It is windy, with steep drop offs on either side, and requires my full attention whenever I drive it. I worry constantly about driving off the side of the road and how long I would lie there before I was found. Fortunately, cell phone coverage has vastly improved in that area (stargazing isn’t famous for being able to be done in well-populated areas with excellent cell phone coverage) and I now have the SecureLife app by my side. A few trusted people know the location of my Super Secret Observing Spot, in case SecureLife would need to dispatch help to me. It gives me great comfort knowing I have that, and makes me eager to pack out to my special place on the next New Moon weekend.
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