I am aware that we live in an electronic age where medical technology has transformed our lives. We live longer, major diseases keep getting conquered while new remedies are getting sought for the existing and new ones are continuously evolving.
Having said that, besides using technology and science in the role of making a person totally healthy and agile, it might be possible for a senior, disabled person especially one who is not able to use his limbs, use the touch screen and all the current generation designs, blue-tooth and wireless handsets for dealing the nuances of life. It is possible to un-complicate things so that an elderly person lives his life completely and independently.
Not everyone can afford to keep a personal physician, trainer or an instructor.
Professionals, personal coaches and physicians are becoming expensive day by day. Health gadgets are capable of automatically putting themselves in auto-mode and which is very essential in case of senior and disabled people. Gadgets can help elderly to monitor their physical condition and well being. There are equipments and diets that are designed specifically for old and aging people.
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Dear DerdriuMarriner - It is true without technology Stephen Hawking would not go on with his research after he had speech disability. A voice synthesizer that could recognize a twitch in cheeks helped him to communicate. And thanks to our canine/feline friends, the elderly citizens are being taken care of honestly & relentlessly.
WriterArtist, Thank you for practical information, pictures and products.
Technology made it possible for Stephen Hawking to continue his math- and physics-based career and to enlighten us all with his generous shares in reader-friendly books and of universal happenings, such as black holes (they're everywhere we can't see them without technology and can see them with).
Actor/director and author Christopher Reeve mentioned that he was so immobilized by his accident that being able to do anything, no matter how apparently insignificant, such as choosing which t-shirt to wear, meant a lot to him. That perhaps would hold true for someone who at least can self-monitor such health indicators as blood pressure.
And, on a non-technological note, it perhaps would be remiss not to praise our canine and feline sentients whose profound senses can alert us to faints and strokes about to happen.