Our story began in 1988 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Founder Paul Graafsma was concerned about his grandmother who was living by herself. She had no family nearby her to help in case of a life-threatening scenario. Graafsma remembered the loving and care his grandmother had given him growing up. He wanted to help, so he looked for medical alert home systems for seniors. Unfortunately, none came at a reasonable cost.
Graafsma then realized the need for better care of seniors living independently. He decided to take matters into his own hands by founding Alert1 and building technology to help seniors like his grandmother. Almost thirty-five years later, Alert1 has grown into a nationwide medical alert system company.