For subscribers
How ‘age tech’ might help you grow old at home
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
When Ms Carol DeMaio, 80, who has dementia, sleeps, the robot dog stays at the foot of her bed, reacting when she stirs awake.
PHOTO: BRYAN ANSELM/NYTIMES
Susan Shain
Dr Megan Jack, a neurosurgeon, often works 60 or 70 hours a week. And she is completely unavailable when she is in the operating room. That makes it tough to be a caregiver for her 76-year-old mother, who lives in a separate unit on Dr Jack’s property, 30 minutes away from the hospital.
To help care for her mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease, Dr Jack uses an array of high-tech tools, some of which did not exist just a few years ago. She manages her mother’s medications with a smart pill box. She changes her television channels with an app, sends appointment reminders through a digital message board – and, with her mother’s blessing, uses cameras for communication and monitoring.
