Old phones still welcome
Adapters and simple setup help mean the familiar phone on the table can stay part of the home.
Familyline
Make home phone feel simple again.
Longer rings, scam protection, safer phones, and easier setups for the real problems families run into.
- Longer rings for slower walks to the phone
- Scam alerts and review summaries for family
- Safer home phones when limits matter
Start with the home problem
Safer phones. Longer rings. Better support for the whole family.
Start from the problem
Choose the home outcome that matters most.
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Help Them Hear The Call
Longer ring time, easier answering, and speakerphone-friendly setups.
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Guide Calls To The Right People
Ring home, cottage, adult children, or backup caregivers without confusion.
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Scam Protection
Flag suspicious calls fast, share the summary first, and review what was said after.
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Safer Phones At Home
Use locked-dial phones, direct-dial setups, and safer calling limits.
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Familiarize The Phone
Keep the experience gentle, nostalgic, and easy to recognize.
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Keep Conversation Available
Add companion calls and familiar topics when households want more connection.
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Ease The Setup
Get help with hardware, remote setup, and in-home install when needed.
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Why families choose it
A calmer phone setup with fewer decisions.
Longer ring time for homes that need more time
Suspicious-call summaries sent right after risky calls
Simple hardware choices for safer calling
Everyday fit
A better fit for the home.
Bigger photos, familiar hardware, and simpler choices make the service feel calmer before anyone even reads the details.
Family kept in the loop
Choose who gets summaries, suspicious-call alerts, and review reports when it matters.
Internet or smartphone ready
Familyline can run on home internet or a data-enabled smartphone, without requiring a traditional line.
Plans
Three simple monthly plans.
Bundle
Good
$30/mo
Up to 1,000 standard minutes or 500 companion minutes.
A simple home setup that can still reach family.
- Long ring times
- Home and mobile ringing
- Easy setup
Bundle
Better
$60/mo
Up to 2,000 standard minutes or 1,000 companion minutes.
More room for shared ringing, transcripts, and family support.
- More destinations
- Caregiver updates
- Transcript-friendly
Bundle
Best
$90/mo
Up to 3,000 standard minutes or 1,500 companion minutes.
The fullest setup for bigger households or heavier companion use.
- More included value
- Special phone options
- White-glove path
Custom available for installs, special phones, SIM setups, and unusual households.
Some homes need more
Special setups for harder situations.
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Safer phones
Locked dialing, direct-dial setups, and simpler household hardware.
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Scam Protection
Riskiest calls flagged fast, with summaries, transcripts, and protection reports.
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Companion calls
Warm, familiar conversation paths for households that want them.
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Familiarity
Why familiar phones and familiar topics can help
Some research and later follow-up reporting suggest that familiar surroundings, familiar routines, and familiar topics may help some older adults feel more confident and more engaged. Familyline uses that idea as a comfort and connection approach, not as medical treatment.
BMJ Open / PubMed Central
BMJ Open study protocol on a counterclockwise psychological intervention
A later academic protocol revisits Ellen Langer's well-known time-shift idea and explains the original setup while proposing a more controlled replication.
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BBC News, September 15, 2010
BBC explanation of the time-capsule idea and follow-up experiment
A readable overview describes the original 1979 study idea and a later TV-style follow-up where older adults spent time in a carefully recreated earlier environment.
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The point for Familyline is not to promise reversal or treatment. It is to make the phone feel more familiar, more comfortable, and easier to engage with.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a landline?
No. Familyline can work with an internet connection or a smartphone with data. If a home wants a landline-style setup only, that can be configured too.
Can I use my old landline phone?
Yes. We can provide an adapter so older home phones can keep working, including classic speakerphone-style setups.
Can more than one family member get alerts?
Yes. Scam Protection and family-awareness alerts can be sent to one or more approved family members by email, text, or both.
Is this only for seniors at home?
No. Familyline can be set up for home, cottage, travel, assisted living, and simpler mobile-first households too.