# Use case for old Homey device

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**Created:** [July 14, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/use-case-for-old-homey-device/139776 "2025-07-14T17:50:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/use-case-for-old-homey-device/139776/5 "2025-07-15T06:26:26Z")

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Put it at your parents house, buy a few motion sensors.  
That way you can monitor if everything is OK.

I setup some alarms like:  
If more than 1 hour in the bathroom

If not out of the bedroom at 08:30  
If not in the bedroom at 24:00  
Etc  
See this [thread](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-build-a-man-down-flow/121395/9)

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