My 91 year old mum had a wrist alarm for a year or so before she went into care. It was very good with a responsive call centre via loudspeaker phone. She hadn’t been diagnosed but we strongly suspected dementia.
She often left the sender on the side and this once nearly had very serious consequences when she was trapped in the bath. We don’t know how long she was in there but a neighbour heard her calling at 1.00 am. So it had been many hours. As he couldn’t remember my brother’s number he called the Fire Brigade. They couldn’t break into the outside key safe so forced the front door. Mum spent a week in hospital.
The lesson is to leave a contact number on any key box and ensure neighbours have it.
After that we searched in vain for a system that detected lack of movement or non use of her electric kettle. She didn’t have Broadband but we were uncomfortable at setting up active video cameras. However by then the need for round the clock care arose and she moved into care.
The sad reality is that, until in care, there is only so much you can do to keep tabs on an elderly person. We reasoned that she was happier in her home even with a degree of risk, for as long as possible.
Good luck with resolving things to suit your mum.
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Personal alarms for elderly 
Personal alarms for elderly 
