2.0 Fall detection, finally upgraded
Maria lives in the home, not on the person. There’s nothing to wear, nothing to charge, and nothing to remember — and when something’s wrong, Maria knows and tells.
Starting at $29.95/month + $99 one-time hardware · Month-to-month, no contract
Why It’s Called 2.0
Medical alert pendants haven’t fundamentally changed in half a century. Maria rethinks fall detection from the home out.
01
A pendant only works if it’s worn, charged, and within reach. Maria mounts once, out of sight, and simply works — whether anyone remembers or not.
Why that matters02
Maria notices when Mom got up and never made it back to bed — then calls her first, and the people who can help next.
How Maria knows03
Add activity sensors and the family gets a gentle picture of the day — walker, medication, meals, doors, even water leaks.
What else Maria doesThe Real Number
Every trip out of bed, every walk to the bathroom in the dark, is a chance to fall. Counted honestly, those moments add up to about 16 a day for a typical senior living alone.
01 · Compliance-Free
Falls happen getting up at night, stepping out of the shower, first thing in the morning — exactly when a pendant is on the nightstand, charging, or in a drawer. Pendants instrument the person. Maria instruments the home.
| Pendant (1.0) | Maria (2.0) | |
|---|---|---|
| Has to be worn, day and night | Yes | Never |
| Needs charging | Most fall-detection models | Never — plugs in once |
| Protects her when it’s left on the nightstand | No | Always on |
| Notices she got up and never made it back to bed | No | Yes |
| Shows the family how the day is going | No | Yes, with Maria Pro |
| Contract | Sometimes multi-year | Month-to-month |
And no camera or microphone, ever. Maria senses motion and vibration — it never sees or listens.
02 · Maria Knows and Tells
Maria watches the two places most falls happen — getting in and out of bed, and the bathroom — and learns Mom’s routine so it can tell the difference between a normal night and a problem.
The hub on the bed frame feels vibration through the floor and knows when she gets up and when she returns. The toilet sensor watches the most dangerous room in the house.
On a suspected fall, the sensor’s light flashes red and Maria calls her first — so she can wave off a false alarm herself. Both sensors have an alert button she can reach from the floor.
If she needs help, Maria works down her call list by phone and text until someone answers — no app or smartphone required on her end.
Who Maria calls, in order
If she works with a home care agency, Maria keeps them in the loop too — so her caregiver knows before the next visit.
Trusted Neighbor
Most families don’t live in the same neighborhood as Mom — often not even the same city. A trusted neighbor can walk over in minutes and help her up.
That also means no fire truck and flashing lights in the driveway for a fall she can recover from. Help arrives quickly, and quietly — and her dignity stays intact.
03 · Beyond Fall Detection
With Maria Pro, small battery-powered activity sensors go wherever life happens. They report specific events — the medication cabinet opened, the walker moved — not just that someone walked into a room.
A gentle daily picture for the family, in the Maria app.
The same sensors watch doors and floors.
A firmware upgrade connects Maria to smart locks and lights you may already have, through the Matter smart-home standard.
“Maria locks the doors when Mom goes to bed — and automatically unlocks them if a fall should occur.”
A Home Modification, Not a Medical Device
Aging-in-place experts work from a standard home-safety checklist. Maria was built to earn a place on it.
Grab bars and better lighting lower the odds of a fall. None of them do anything once one happens. Maria covers what the rest of the list can’t — and it goes in the same way: once, out of sight, without asking anyone to change how they live.
Plans & Pricing
One hardware kit, one simple install. Start with Maria, and switch to Maria Pro any time — it’s unlocked in the app, with no new hub required.
Maria
Automatic fall detection where falls happen most: getting in and out of bed, and the bathroom.
$29.95/month
+ $99 hardware kit, one-time
Maria Pro
Everything in Maria, plus a picture of the whole day — and a smarter home.
$39.95/month
+ the same $99 kit · activity sensors $24.95 each
Maria uses the home’s Wi-Fi. No internet at Mom’s house? A small plug-in LTE hotspot (about $75, plus roughly $100 a year for data from the carrier) works just as well.
Wherever You’re Starting From
For Seniors
Considering this for yourself
Why the smart time to get Maria is before you ever need it — and why no one else has to know it’s there.
Read moreFor Families
Looking into this for a parent
How to bring it up gently — plus a free, word-for-word conversation guide.
Read moreHow It Works
Want the technical details
Installation, sensors, and the call list — from box to baseline in minutes.
Read moreFor Partners
Aging-in-place remodelers and home care agencies see the risk up close. Maria gives them a better answer for their clients.
Aging-in-Place Remodelers
Grab bars make a bathroom safer. Maria makes your bid different — and keeps you connected to the home long after the job is done.
Home Care Agencies
Maria watches the hours between visits — and gives your team what it needs without adding another app to a caregiver’s phone.
Field-tested in a 60-day pilot with a Colorado Springs home care agency.
Questions
No. That’s the whole point. The Maria Hub mounts on the bed frame and plugs into the wall; the toilet sensor sits quietly at the base of the toilet. There’s nothing to put on, take off, or remember.
Never. Maria senses motion and vibration only. It doesn’t see her and it doesn’t listen to her.
Maria calls Mom first, so she can let everyone know she’s fine. If she has fallen, she can press the alert button on the hub or toilet sensor — both are within reach from the floor — and Maria moves straight to her call list.
She doesn’t need a smartphone — Maria calls whatever phone she already has. The hub uses the home’s Wi-Fi; if there’s no internet at the house, a small plug-in LTE hotspot works instead.
Most families can set Maria up themselves. Many local aging-in-place remodelers also install it as part of a bathroom or bedroom update, and come back once a year for a check-up.
No. Maria and Maria Pro are month-to-month. Cancel anytime.
No. Maria is a home-safety product, like grab bars and nightlights. It isn’t a substitute for medical care or for calling 911 yourself in an emergency.
Fall Detection 2.0
Peace of mind. Maria knows and tells.
Nothing to wear, nothing to charge, nothing to remember — for her, and for you.
$99 hardware kit, one-time · Month-to-month · Cancel anytime