The short answer
TeiaCare makes Ancelia, an optical sensor fixed to the ceiling above each bed in nursing homes and other residential care, mostly in Italy so far. It alerts staff when a resident gets out of bed, climbs over the rails, wanders or may have fallen, and staff can check the room on their phone before walking over. We found no TeiaCare offer for private homes or in the US. For home care agencies, whose clients live at home, the alternatives are Senecta, which senses heat and sound, asks the client first and then calls your agency and the family; Sensi.AI (audio); Pontosense (radar); and StackCare (motion sensors).
At a glance
| TeiaCare | Senecta | |
|---|---|---|
| How it senses | An optical sensor with infrared night vision on the ceiling above each bed | Low-resolution thermal sensing plus sound; no ordinary camera |
| Built for | Nursing homes and other residential care in Italy, with France and Spain next; we found no US or home offer | Clients in their own homes, through home care agencies |
| What it notices | Getting out of bed, climbing over bed rails, posture in bed, wandering, and possible falls from bed | A possible fall in the room; it asks the client first, then calls the people in the response plan |
| What is kept | Live views are not saved; a 2024 notice lets staff open up to 30 seconds of live video; other data kept 30 days | Nothing, except the heat images and audio of an event classified as a possible fall |
| Who answers alerts | Facility staff, on phones and tablets; families get reports | Your agency and the family's emergency contacts, by phone; no monitoring centre |
| Setup and connection | Installed by TeiaCare: cabled ceiling sensors and an on-site hub on the facility's network | Plug-in pods with built-in cellular; nothing to mount or join to the home's Wi-Fi |
| Whose brand families see | TeiaCare's Ancelia; some groups name their own rollout | Your agency's |
TeiaCare facts from its website, its Ancelia page, a care home's privacy notice (2024), its investor's release, Corriere del Veneto, as read on October 21, 2026. Senecta's from our service agreement. Check each company's current terms before you decide.
How each one works
TeiaCare watches the bed. Ancelia's optical sensor, fixed to the ceiling above each bed and able to see in the dark with infrared, follows the resident's presence and posture. It alerts staff on their phones or tablets when someone tries to get out of bed without help, climbs over the bed rails, wanders or may have fallen from bed, and its reports show managers how many interventions there were and how quickly staff responded. TeiaCare's team installs it, with cabling and an on-site hub on the facility's network.
Senecta looks at heat and listens for events. A low-resolution thermal sensor sees a person as a warm shape, and a microphone listens for the sounds that go with a fall. The pair is built for one question, whether someone went down and stayed down, and the pod asks the client “Are you okay?” before anyone is called. If the answer is not a clear yes, it calls your agency and the family's emergency contacts in the order you agreed. How Senecta detects a possible fall explains the method and its limits.
What is kept, and the consent conversation
Ancelia is an optical sensor, and what staff can see has changed over time. A 2024 privacy notice from an Italian care home says staff could open the sensor's live video for up to 30 seconds, without sound, stopping when two or more people are in the room, and that live video is not saved; other data is kept for 30 days. A care home quoted in October 2026 says staff now see the body as an outline of segments rather than a video. Senecta has no ordinary camera: its thermal sensor sees a person as a warm shape, and nothing is kept except the heat images and audio of a possible fall. Our security and privacy page sets out exactly what Senecta keeps.
Who answers when something happens
In a nursing home, Ancelia's alert goes to staff on the floor, who can check the room on their phone before they walk over. In a client's own home there is no one on the floor, so Senecta asks the client “Are you okay?” first and then calls your agency and the family's emergency contacts, in the order you agreed, until someone answers. Senecta is not a staffed emergency service; your response plan is what turns an alert into help (see how it works).
Other alternatives to TeiaCare
The other products agency owners most often name to us, and how each one works.
| Product | How it works | Built for |
|---|---|---|
| Sensi.AI | Audio pods that listen in the home and send insights and alerts to the agency's care team | Home care agencies and franchise networks |
| Pontosense | 60 GHz radar in a corner of the room; falls, activity and vital signs, alerts by app | Home care agencies and senior living; Comfort Keepers' Comfort360 SafeGuard |
| Circadia Health | Radar beside the bed for breathing, heart rate and bed exits, reviewed by its clinical team | Nursing and post-acute care; offered by some Senior Helpers offices |
| StackCare | Battery motion and door sensors that learn a routine and send app alerts when it changes | Home care agencies, senior living and families |
| Lifeguard Health | Wi-Fi motion, door, fridge and bathroom sensors with a 24/7 alert center; follows routines, not falls | Home care agencies; offered by some Griswold offices |
| Cherish | A plug-in hub with radar that senses through walls, microphones and a speaker; alerts the family and its response center | Families, through security dealers and AT&T; a wall version for facilities |
| CarePredict | A wrist band with room beacons: possible falls, activity trends, a help button and two-way voice | Senior living; families buy it as SilverKin |
| SafelyYou | AI cameras in residents' rooms; its remote team confirms each fall for community staff | Assisted living and memory care communities |
| Vayyar Care | Radar on the wall or ceiling, fitted by installers; alerts go to facility staff | Senior living and care facilities |
| Butlr | Thermal sensors on the ceiling, with no camera or microphone; flags bed exits, wandering and possible falls for staff | Senior living communities, in pilots in 2026 |
| Nobi | A smart ceiling light that takes infrared images; it asks the person, a reviewer checks the image, then staff are alerted | Senior living and care homes |
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When TeiaCare is the better choice
- You run a residential facility and want every bed covered, with reports on the care given and response times.
- Your staff want to check on a resident from their phone before walking to the room.
- Your facility is in Italy, or already uses Zucchetti Healthcare's care-home software, which offers it.
When Senecta is the better choice
- Your clients live in their own homes, where nobody is on the floor to respond.
- Families do not want an optical sensor over the bed, and you want to tell them nothing is kept unless a fall is suspected.
- You want the client asked “Are you okay?” first, and your agency and the family called if not.
- You want plug-in pods with their own cellular connection, placed at the care assessment.
Questions agency owners ask
What are the alternatives to TeiaCare for home care agencies?
TeiaCare's Ancelia is built for nursing homes. For clients in their own homes, agencies look at Senecta (heat and sound, under the agency's name), Sensi.AI (audio pods), Pontosense (radar) and StackCare (motion sensors).
Is TeiaCare available in the US?
We found no US launch as of October 2026: Ancelia is sold to residential care facilities in Italy, and the company names France and Spain as its next markets.
Does Ancelia use a camera?
It uses an optical sensor with infrared night vision above each bed. A 2024 privacy notice says staff could open up to 30 seconds of its live video, which is not saved; a care home said in October 2026 that staff now see an outline of the body instead.
Is Senecta a camera?
No. Senecta's pods have no ordinary camera: a low-resolution thermal sensor sees a person as a warm shape, not a face.
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Book your agency demoSenecta makes one of the products compared here, so read our description of ourselves with that in mind. We have described TeiaCare and the other products from their own public pages and their partners', as read on October 21, 2026, and linked each one; their offers may change. Senecta is not an emergency service or a staffed monitoring centre, does not replace in-person care, and no system detects every fall.