
Smart home technology can help your elderly relative
The best way of writing this article is to relate to personal experience.
The best way of writing this article is to relate to personal experience.
The relationship between technology and loneliness is one that has been increasingly examined in recent years, with the digitalisation of more and more aspects of daily life, such as supermarket checkouts. The increasing influence of social media (and all the pressures that come with it) also has a significant impact on the human interactions experienced - or not - by the average person during the day.
The UK’s aging population has presented us with a increasingly important issue: how can we keep the elderly in their own homes, allowing them to maintain a good quality of life and a sense of independence?
Dementia is a growing issue in the UK and around the world. According to the Alzheimers Society, there are 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to rise to over 1 million by 2025. This will soar to 2 million by 2051.