For home care, residences, and community & government

A new service line you don't have to staff.

Eldovia is a voice companion that holds the people you serve between visits, reached by an ordinary phone, with no devices to deploy and no training to run.

Book a pilot conversationNo cost beyond an introduction.

The gap

The hours you cannot staff.

A visit ends and the person is alone until the next one. You bill for the hours you can reach; the loneliness lives in the gaps between them. Eldovia holds those hours by voice, so no one is left waiting for the next visit just to have a conversation.

Why voice

Why voice, not another screen.

The people you serve are the least likely to adopt an app, and that is exactly why a voice works. It needs no device, no broadband, and no new skill.

52%

of Ontario seniors who avoid virtual programming cite a lack of interest in it.

Older Adults Centres' Association of Ontario, 2020.

99.3%

in long-term care preferred the telephone to reach relatives; only 9.2% used the internet.

FPT Seniors Forum report, September 2025.

The evidence

What the research shows, and what it doesn't.

What the research supports

In a 2025 federal review, voice assistants measurably reduced loneliness. Adults over 75 improved on the UCLA Loneliness Scale at four weeks, and a separate study found the same at two months among people who used them often.

What it doesn't yet show

A meta-analysis of five clinical trials found no statistically significant pooled effect. The evidence is promising, not settled, and the strongest results come from frequent, sustained use.

We will not claim more than this.

Sources: 2025 federal review (ESDC for the FPT Ministers Responsible for Seniors); Jones et al. 2021; Park & Kim 2022; Shah et al. 2021; Gallisti et al. 2021.

Trust & procurement

What we bring before a pilot begins.

  • Our PHIPA posture and where data is held.
  • A written consent model: nothing is shared with family or staff without the person agreeing first.
  • A plain escalation protocol, and a clear statement that Eldovia is not an emergency service.
  • A completed standard security questionnaire.

Start with one pilot.

Reach a person, not a form. Tell us who you serve and we will set up a short pilot conversation.

hello@askeldovia.com