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Tagged: Remote Caregiving

3 articles, newest first.

- Home Safety
- Remote Caregiving
Keeping Veterans Safe at Home: What I Learned Putting Smart Technology to Work
October 13, 20269 min read
Voice assistants, automated lighting, smart locks, video calling and radar-based fall detection can keep a veteran living independently. Getting that technology into the home is a clinical job, a procurement job and a human one.
- Home Safety
- Remote Caregiving
Video Cameras for Mom & Dad: A Move Toward Safety and Independence, or a Nanny State?
October 13, 20269 min read
Video cameras can help an older parent stay home longer and safer, but only when the family decides, out loud and in advance, what the cameras are for and what they are not for.
- Home Safety
- Remote Caregiving
I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up
October 12, 20268 min read
After 35 years as a physical therapist, that old commercial line brings back faces. Why pendant alarms so often fail, and how micro-Doppler radar, Wi-Fi sensing, and LiDAR are letting the home itself notice a fall.

Keeping Veterans Safe at Home: What I Learned Putting Smart Technology to Work