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Fuller days for your parents, fewer worries for you

VilleoCare reminds them about their tablets, suggests movement and a game of cards, collects a lifetime of memories and keeps the family one button away.

  • Large text, wide buttons and read-aloud screens: usable with no experience
  • Opens in a browser on a phone, tablet or computer — nothing to install
  • Grandchildren join with a link, without signing up
Try VilleoCare See what is inside

Available in English, Italian, French, German and Spanish.

A day, for example

Tuesday

  • 08:00 · Morning tablet Taken, confirmed with one button
  • 10:30 · Ten minutes, seated Arms and shoulders, with the video
  • 17:00 · Cards with Sara The granddaughter joins from her link
  • 21:00 · Two lines of diary Spoken out loud, not written

Activities are chosen one by one. None of them is compulsory.

Three situations you may recognise

We did not invent new problems. We took the three that come up most often in families and listed what the app actually does about them, without promising anything else.

Situation 1

“I never know if she has taken her tablets”

There are a lot of boxes and the times all look alike. Ringing at eleven to ask “did you take them?” is a question neither of you enjoys.

What VilleoCare does

  • At the right time the phone rings and shows the name of the medicine full screen, in large type, with a sound you can hear from the next room.
  • One button says it has been taken. If nothing happens, the alarm comes back a few minutes later.
  • Family members she has authorised see the confirmation, so nobody has to ring and ask.
  • Confirmations stay in a calendar, so no one has to remember what happened yesterday.

VilleoCare reminds you of the times you entered yourself. It does not decide what to take and does not replace your doctor’s instructions.

Situation 2

“Every day is the same day”

Someone living alone spends a lot of hours in silence. Television fills the noise, not the time: after lunch the afternoon is long and there is nothing to look forward to.

What VilleoCare does

  • 105 gentle movement routines with video: arms, legs, balance, breathing. Most can be done sitting down, with no equipment.
  • Italian card games — briscola, scopa, scala 40, tressette, burraco, ramino — against the computer, or with children and grandchildren joining from their own homes.
  • Memory games, word games and quizzes. A pastime, like the crossword in the paper, only with large type.
  • Italian songs from the 1950s to the 1980s and 92 events that marked the twentieth century, from 1930 to 2000: two minutes of music and the stories start.
  • A voice companion to exchange a few words with when the house is too quiet. You speak, it answers — there is nothing to type.

Situation 3

“I live abroad and I ring five times a day”

Two hundred miles or two flights change little: your head stays there. And every call ends up being a check dressed as a hello.

What VilleoCare does

  • Video calls, chat and voice messages inside the same app, with large faces and a single button to answer.
  • The family portal opens from a link: grandchildren type their name and they are in, with no account and no password to remember.
  • The memory diary is dictated out loud, not typed. What comes out becomes the Book of Life, which can be printed and given as a present.
  • The SOS button alerts up to five chosen contacts with the location, lets you call the emergency number and prints a QR card for the wallet.
  • If the phone registers a sudden movement, the app asks whether everything is fine and, with no answer, alerts the contacts. It does not recognise falls and does not call the emergency services for you.

The SOS button alerts the people you chose. In a real emergency the number to call is still 112 across Europe, or 999 in the UK.

What is inside the app

Eight simple things in one place. It is switched on in the morning and the day already has a thread to follow.

  • Medication reminders

    Repeating or one-off alarms, three sounds to choose from, a full-screen card with the name of the medicine and one button to confirm.

  • Movement every day

    105 guided routines with video, a timer and a repetition counter. Choose by length and follow them seated or standing.

  • Italian card games

    Six games with a computer opponent at three levels, courses to learn them from scratch, tournaments and matches with relatives online.

  • Games and quizzes

    Memory, sequences, words, puzzles and quizzes. Points, levels and small badges: one more reason to come back tomorrow.

  • Memory diary

    Told out loud. Prompts help you start, life periods keep it in order, and at the end you print the Book of Life.

  • Music and memories

    Italian songs from the 1950s to the 1980s and 92 events from 1930 to 2000, to bring family stories back to the surface.

  • Voice companion

    A voice to talk to when there is nobody in the house. Used without touching a keyboard, saying things as they come.

  • SOS button

    One large button, up to five contacts, the location, a call to the emergency number and a QR card to print and keep in a handbag.

Built for people who say “I am no good with these things”

Most apps for older people are made by people who have never watched an eighty-year-old try to hit a small button. We started from the opposite end: first you read it, then you touch it, then everything else.

If after ten minutes your father is lost, that is not his fault. Write and tell us: fixing that step is worth more than any new feature.

  • Text from 16 to 48 pixels Chosen once, applied everywhere. No screen is left with small type.
  • Buttons of at least 56 pixels As wide as a fingertip and well spaced, so there is less to go wrong with unsteady hands.
  • High contrast and dark mode For tired eyes in the evening and for people who read better on a dark background.
  • Read aloud Screens can read themselves. The diary and messages are dictated instead of typed.
  • Five languages English, Italian, French, German and Spanish. Each person picks their own, on the same account.

Who it is for

Three points of view on the same app: the person who sets it up, the person who uses it every day and the person who brings it into a care home.

  • You are the son or daughter

    You set the reminders, the SOS contacts and the week’s activities, from your own phone, from another country if that is where you live. Then you get the confirmations your parent chose to share, and you stop ringing to ask.

  • You are the one using it

    Text that grows to 48 pixels, buttons at least a fingertip wide, strong contrast and screens that read themselves out loud. A short tutorial walks you through the first time, and there is nothing to install.

  • You run a care home or a day centre

    A board for care staff, group activities, digital bingo, meals with each resident’s preferences and cultural habits, voice notes at the end of a shift and a feed that keeps families up to date. Day centres also get an activity calendar and transport booking.

A note about this website

The app is fully translated into English. This website is not, yet: the guides, the detailed answers, the pricing page and the legal notice are written in Italian, and we would rather say so than send you to a machine translation.

If you read Italian, the guides are worth the detour. If you do not, write to us in English at info@villeocare.com — a person answers, and the pricing and care-home conditions are explained by email in English without any trouble.

Italian site Pricing (in Italian) For care homes (in Italian)

Frequently asked questions

My father has never used a smartphone. Can he manage?

That is exactly the case it was built for. Text grows up to 48 pixels, buttons are at least a fingertip wide, contrast is high and every screen can be read out loud.

A tutorial walks through the first time step by step. And whoever helps him can set reminders, contacts and activities from their own home, without being there.

Is there anything to install or buy?

No. VilleoCare opens in the browser of a phone, a tablet or a computer, with no app store involved. If it helps, you add it to the home screen and from then on it opens like any other app.

It also works when the connection comes and goes: reminder confirmations are saved and sent as soon as the line is back.

Is VilleoCare a medical app?

No. VilleoCare is not a medical device: it measures nothing, gives no medical instructions and does not replace your doctor.

It is an app for wellbeing and company: it reminds you of the times you entered yourself, suggests activities and keeps the family in touch. Health decisions stay with the doctor. In an emergency call 112 in Europe, or 999 in the UK.

We are an Italian family living abroad. Does that work?

It is one of the reasons the app exists in five languages. Your mother in Italy can keep everything in Italian while you use the same app in English from London or Dublin, and you both see the same reminders, messages and photos.

The card games and the music library are Italian, which is usually the point: they are the games and the songs the older generation grew up with.

Do grandchildren need an account to play?

No. They get a link, type their name and they are already in a game of briscola. The same goes for the family portal, where they find voice messages, photos and prompts to ask their grandparent.

Links can be revoked or regenerated at any time by whoever manages the account.

What happens to my mother’s data?

Consents are given one by one and can be withdrawn whenever she wants. From the settings you can export everything to a file or ask for the account to be deleted.

You decide who sees what: every relative, trusted doctor or invited grandchild has separate permissions that can be changed or revoked.

Try it this evening, with them next to you

Ten minutes is enough: set the first reminder, pick a song, play one hand of cards. If it has not convinced you after half an hour, you have lost half an hour.

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