For many older adults, independence is built through small, everyday choices, including what they wear and how they ask for help. Helpany is bringing that sense of choice to emergency response with the ePaul Bracelet, a watch-inspired wearable that allows senior living residents to request assistance with one touch. When activated, the bracelet sends an alert through the Helpany App identifying who needs help and where that person is located.
Designed for independent living, assisted living, and memory care, the bracelet features a streamlined shape, comfortable fit, and interchangeable straps. Residents who prefer another format can choose the existing ePaul pendant, worn around the neck or carried as a keychain.
“The best emergency call system is the one a resident feels comfortable making part of everyday life,” Helpany co-founder and CEO Sandro Cilurzo says. “We designed the ePaul Bracelet to feel familiar and personal while connecting residents and caregivers to a much broader care platform.”
That platform distinguishes ePaul from a stand-alone emergency button. The bracelet operates within Helpany’s existing Paul ecosystem, which brings proactive fall prevention, resident insights, and emergency response together in one privacy-first system.
Communities already using Paul can add ePaul bracelets or pendants without separate software, rewiring, or other emergency call infrastructure. The emergency call capability is included with new and existing installations without an additional subscription fee, leaving communities to pay only for the wearable.
The ePaul Bracelet includes:
- One-Touch Assistance: Residents can request help directly from their wrist through the Helpany App.
- Precise Indoor Location: Alerts identify the resident and location, allowing caregivers to respond directly instead of searching rooms or hallways.
- Continuous Campus Connection: ePaul remains connected across the community, giving staff added awareness of a resident’s location when support may be needed — not only during an emergency.
- Personalized Design: Interchangeable straps allow residents to adapt the bracelet to their style and preferences.
- Extended Battery Life: A standard, replaceable battery provides up to 2.5 years of operation.
- Flexible Escalation: Communities can establish alert workflows that support coordinated response across teams and shifts.
- Expanded Uses: The device can support automatic activity and event-attendance tracking, payments, and door access in participating communities.
When an alert is activated, location information is supported by the same network of ceiling-mounted Paul devices operating throughout the community. Paul uses radar rather than cameras or microphones to analyze changes in resident movement and daily patterns that may indicate increasing fall risk or another emerging concern. The technologies serve complementary roles. Paul helps caregivers identify changing risks and intervene earlier while ePaul gives residents a direct way to request immediate assistance.
“Emergency response is essential, but resident safety should begin long before an emergency occurs,” Cilurzo says. “Paul helps care teams identify emerging risks earlier, while ePaul gives residents a simple way to call for help when they need it. Together, they create a more proactive approach to safety—supporting residents before, during, and after a potential incident.”
The integration also addresses technology fragmentation across senior living. Instead of maintaining separate tools for emergency calls and fall prevention, operators can use one platform as residents move through different levels of care. Caregivers receive actionable information through the same app and workflow they already use.
Resident choice remains central. Some people may prefer the familiarity of a bracelet, while others may choose a pendant, or keychain. Offering multiple formats allows communities to adapt safety technology to the individual rather than expecting every resident to use it in the same way.
“For residents, the bracelet is a simple way to stay connected to help,” Cilurzo says. “For caregivers, it provides a clearer and faster path to the person requesting assistance. The goal is to strengthen safety while preserving the privacy, dignity, and independence that should remain part of everyday life.”
For more information about the ePaul Bracelet and Paul Emergency Call, visit helpany.com/emergency-call.
