Gadgets and Gizmos

Some of the newer tech products to help seniors live more safely.

• There is one powered by a smartphone app that provides a virtual-check-in between wearer and caregiver.
• Another that uses Amazon Echo Dot to enable older adults to receive voice reminders and call for help. It includes a sensor and GPS technology to determine the way a person lives--time spent sleeping, in the kitchen etc.--and alerts people in their care circle if they have exceeded their threshold for being in the room.​
• Then there is a belt-mounted device to detect falls and automatically notify selected contacts, and
• A company that has a new product that replaces existing stove knobs with intelligent knobs that are able to track when a stove has been turned off and on.

By the numbers according to University of New Hampshire researchers:

• By 2030 statistics indicate that 1 in 5 Americans will be over 65
• Older adults are no longer moving from one state to another because of estate or inheritance taxes
• Fewer than 1 percent of the elderly move across state lines in any given year
• Maintaining leg strength and using very light weights are factors in maintaining health and independence
• E-mailing, Facebook and searching the web help seniors stay connected 

 
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