Surveillance Tech Wirelessly Watches Over Older Parents
Telemonitoring: Video Cameras, Sensors Help Care for Aging Parents
For 74-year-old Carol Brewer, welcoming a video camera into her living room wasn't easy.
She said she'd walk through her own home and wonder, "Am I dressed appropriately?"
But over time, she said, she grew accustomed to the little grey globe in the corner of the room and now credits it, in part, with helping her and her 78-year-old husband Ross, who is paralyzed from the waist down, continue to live in their Lafayette, Ind., home on their own.
"It bothered me a little," she said. "But now I don't worry about it."
That's because during the past two years, the surveillance camera and the other wireless sensors scattered around the Brewers' home have allowed "telecaregivers" to help the couple avert emergency time and again...
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[Webmaster - Invasions of privacy are always presented as a "good" thing. There's always a "good" reason behind it. That's how they are trying to spin this article. In reality, this is just another attempt to condition people to accept invasions of privacy and relinquishing their freedom.]
