High-Tech Devices Keep Elderly Safe From Afar - NYTimes.com

by Richard Pak on May 25, 2008

in aging, automation, healthcare, technology

First thing every morning, Lynn Pitet, of Cody, Wyo., checks her computer to see whether her mother, Helen Trost, has gotten out of bed, taken her medication and whether she is moving around inside her house hundreds of miles away in Minnesota.

High-Tech Devices Keep Elderly Safe From Afar - NYTimes.com

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ryan k. 05.27.08 at 9:54 am

This is so neat. Especially the fact that the elderly person’s privacy is still intact.

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