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<div>The NY Times Wirecutter has an extensive description and evaluation (link below) of ‘smart’ home devices for a variety of senior alerts needs. Some may appeal to your inner geek.</div><div><br></div><div> – Mike Alexander</div><div><br></div><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/smart-home-for-seniors/" target="_blank" class="enhancr2_5E639A2C-DF4C-40B9-865E-6BA5E7DD9C98">The Best Smart Home Devices to Help Seniors Age in Place</a> <div><br></div><div id="enhancr2_5E639A2C-DF4C-40B9-865E-6BA5E7DD9C98" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card yahoo-link-enhancr-cardSize-medium yahoo-link-enhancr-cardType-yenhancr yahoo-link-enhancr-cardCategory-article ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" contenteditable="false" data-url="https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/smart-home-for-seniors/" data-type="LINK_ENHANCR_ATTACHMENT_TYPE_INLINE" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/smart-home-for-seniors/" style="text-decoration:none !important; color: #000 !important;" class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> <table class="card-wrapper yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="max-width:400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="400"> <table class="card yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="card-primary-image-cell" style="background:#000 url('https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/tl1Tl7DT8cv9CsMuRO4_6w--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://cdn.thewirecutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/smartdevices-lowres-.jpg?auto=webp&quality=60&crop=1.91:1&width=1200.cf.jpg') no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;height:200px;position:relative;" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/tl1Tl7DT8cv9CsMuRO4_6w--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://cdn.thewirecutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/smartdevices-lowres-.jpg?auto=webp&quality=60&crop=1.91:1&width=1200.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/tl1Tl7DT8cv9CsMuRO4_6w--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://cdn.thewirecutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/smartdevices-lowres-.jpg?auto=webp&quality=60&crop=1.91:1&width=1200.cf.jpg"/></v:rect><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" valign="top" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:transparent url('https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png') repeat left top;height:200px;" background="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png" bgcolor="transparent" valign="top"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:-18px;left:0;"><v:fill type="pattern" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png"/><v:textbox inset="0,0,20px,0"><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" height="185" style="width:100%;height:185px;min-height:185px;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="card-richInfo2" style="text-align:left;text-align:left;padding:15px 0 0 15px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td class="card-actions" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0 0;vertical-align:top;"> <div class="card-share-container"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]></v:textbox></v:rect><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table class="card-info yahoo-ignore-table" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background:#fff;position:relative;z-index:2;width:95%;max-width:380px;border:1px solid #e0e4e9;border-bottom:3px solid #000000;margin-top:-40px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;"> <img class="card-object-1 yahoo-ignore-inline-image ymail-preserve-class" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/23/logos/nytimes.png" height="32" style="min-width:32px;border:1px solid #e0e4e9;margin-top:3px;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:16px 12px;width:99%;"> <h2 class="card-title" style="font-size: 16px; line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The Best Smart Home Devices to Help Seniors Age in Place</h2> <p class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;">Most seniors plan to “age in place” at home instead of a facility. Smart-home devices can help, making it easier for you to assist while ensuring they’re safe.</p> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a> </div><div><br></div><br><br><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Saturday, January 1, 2022, 8:16 PM, Dinesh Patel <dineshknee@gmail.com> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv4451619635"><div>John<div>The basic question — </div><div>Do you have any medical condition where PCP advises you to monitor and help?</div><div>This high tech devices must be requiring enough understanding and check ups — cost ?</div><div>Ofcourse there are lots of devices on the market</div><div>You wear this to know how fit you are or want to and you wear this to keep an eye on the medical condition</div><div>I think you should check with your pcp but continue to look into update on wearable</div><div>At the present the best wearable thing to buy and use is mask? </div><div>Stay safe and well</div><div>Dinesh Patel</div><div>Precinct 6 tm </div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"></div><div id="yiv4451619635yqt93561" class="yiv4451619635yqt3165109860"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 1, 2022, at 7:27 PM, John Rudy <jjrudy1@comcast.net> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div id="yiv4451619635yqt41936" class="yiv4451619635yqt3165109860"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv4451619635WordSection1"><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Now that I have reached senior status I have begun considering whether it is a good idea to have some sort of a wearable medical alert.</span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">15 years ago I got one for my mother but it only worked in her apartment and as long as she was within a short distance from the controller and her telephone.</span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">With the changes in technology over the years I assume that there must be reasonably-priced devices that work in a shower and from wherever one is.</span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">I’d be interested in input from someone who has studied this and has some sort of device and experience with it. One of my first thoughts was an Apple watch but I have no Apple products and my gut says that this would be an expensive option.</span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">John</span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">John Rudy</span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">781-861-0402</span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">781-718-8334 cell</span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"><img id="yiv4451619635Picture_x0020_1" width="124" height="115" style="width:1.2916in;min-height:1.1927in;" src="cid:F8XYp4Wbex1AW3Mnm9tk" yahoo_partid="2.2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="yiv4451619635MsoNormal"> </p></div>
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