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Rome Deploys €400M Senior Bracelet Program Amid Heatwave

6/28/2026

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Rome’s municipality launched a €400-million smart-bracelet program that monitors heart rate, sleep and falls for about 700 seniors during the June heatwave.
The service runs weekdays 8:30 a.m.–7 p.m., with alerts sent to relatives via a mobile app.
It currently has about 45 active users.
The June heatwave that prompted the initiative caused roughly 1,000 excess deaths in Western Europe, 85 % among those over 65, most at home.

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Rome’s municipality launched a €400-million smart-bracelet program that monitors heart rate, sleep and falls for about 700 seniors during the June heatwave.
The service runs weekdays 8:30 a.m.–7 p.m., with alerts sent to relatives via a mobile app.
It currently has about 45 active users.
The June heatwave that prompted the initiative caused roughly 1,000 excess deaths in Western Europe, 85 % among those over 65, most at home.