Monday, June 3, 2013

iPad allows the elderly to live independently longer - MacWorld

An iPad can help older people to live longer and live independently. The tablet can be used, such as requesting information on healthy eating or receiving home care remotely for any purpose. The elderly organization KBO Union gives 25 Dutch elderly an iPad for a pilot.

elderly organization Union CBE, along with Silver Cross insurer Achmea and care innovator Focus Cura started a project to test. impact of tablets on the independence of the elderly 25 elderly from Den Helder have been offered an iPad that they can use for three months. The iPad is preprogrammed and therefore equipped with apps that can help in performing daily activities.

elderly More grip on their lives
The iPad should help older people to keep their own lives. better grip IPad can use for various purposes. Elderly Think of receiving care at a distance and looking up instructions to safely deal with drugs. In addition, elderly ordered through the tablet meals and received information on the nutritional value of these meals.

project in Den Helder is a pilot that lasts three months. KBO Union has appointed a supervisor who supports the 25 elderly when using the iPad. The organization announces eventually the iPad at an attractive price to make available to all seniors in the Netherlands.

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