Top Shop: An Easier Way To Get Dressed:
April 6, 2016
Buttoning up your shirt may seem like an elemental part of getting dressed. But for those of us whose fingers fail us more than we’d like, due to age or infirmity, this basic daily activity can be a real source of frustration. Enter Magna Ready, a new clothing company that’s…
Mind Your Elders: Sensors in the Home as the Next Step in Home Care:
April 6, 2016
For caregivers providing care to dementia patients in the home, that caregiver burden can be especially wrenching. Monitoring activities at the home while maintaining some semblance of outside life becomes virtually impossible. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have embarked on a three year study to develop a “Care Ecosystem”…
History Lesson: A 21st Century Tool To Preserve Your Family History:
April 6, 2016
In this fast-paced age of constant informational and visual updates, it can be overwhelming to hold onto the “stuff” of family memories, be it stories, images, videos, audio clips or other ephemera. How to preserve all of this can be an overwhelming task. The solution? The History Project, an online…
A Top Tablet: A Review Of The GrandPad – A Tablet For Older Users:
March 14, 2016
Few of us can keep up with the daily barrage of photos, texts, phone calls, or e-mails we receive. Some days you just want to crawl under the covers rather than face the onslaught of the day’s flow of info. But for those who have trouble operating the devices that…