In answer to your online leader 'Age Concern', to help technology assist the infirm aged, it is vital that ageing people live a healthier lifestyle than they do now. This will maximise their fitness and help combat ageing, thereby allowing the technologies to help.
Often, it is the poorest people who get the most infirm so it is important that specialist technology is low-cost or cost-effective.
P Field, by email
Healthy old age
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