These gadgets can assist in the ongoing care of your elderly family members
If you're supporting an elderly member of your family, you might be interested in a collection of home tech devices that can help extend their ability to live more safely and independently. We all need help as we get older, and I write this column based on the experience of my own family and caring for my 95-year-old mother-in-law.
She has been living independently for the past 18 months using these three technologies:
An Amazon Echo Show: The Echo Show 5 goes $89 and the Show 8 for $129. (These are list prices and are discounted heavily for various promotions.)
A Blipcare BP blood pressure monitor: We bought it on Amazon for $159.
A Hero automated pill dispenser: It now costs at least $30 per month with a $100 initial purchase and 12-month commitment. There are other plans that cost more and provide additional monitoring and support.
The three devices allow us to ensure that we can reliably dispense her meds, take her blood pressure, and talk to her when we aren’t able to visit. I’ll soon explain the limitations and decisions behind each piece of technology.
When we brought all this gear into my mother-in-law's medical facility, the staff was impressed and also unfamiliar with each of them, which motivated my purpose in writing this post. Note that my mother-in-law lives independently in an eldercare facility, although step-up care is available in ot ..
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